Adrian Darya 1, formerly named as Grace 1, sails through the Strait of Gibraltar on August 18, 2019 © REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Gibraltar rejects last-minute US demand to seize Iranian tanker
Published time: 18 Aug, 2019 12:15
Edited time: 18 Aug, 2019 12:28
The British overseas territory rejected a warrant issued Friday by a federal court in Washington that sought the supertanker’s arrest, the oil it carried and the almost $1 million found on board. The US request came into conflict with the EU law under which Gibraltar governs, and led “to the differences in the sanctions regimes applicable to Iran in the EU and the US,” it said in a statement on Sunday.
“The EU sanctions regime against Iran –which is applicable in Gibraltar– is much narrower than that applicable in the US,”it explained.
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