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Iran has warned the
United States against any new attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker in open
seas after it left Gibraltar, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on
state television on Monday.
The Iranian tanker
caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West was sailing to Greece on
Monday after leaving Gibraltar, shipping data showed, hours after the British
territory rejected a US request to detain the vessel further.
Asked whether the United
States could renew its seizure request after the tanker sailed from Gibraltar,
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said: “Such an action ... would
endanger shipping safety in open seas. We have issued a warning through
official channels, especially the Swiss embassy.”
Switzerland represents
US interests in Iran.