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Iran agrees to free crew members of seized South Korean tanker, captain to remain in custody
Iran has agreed to allow sailors of a South Korean vessel it seized last month to leave the country on humanitarian grounds.
Key points:
- The arrest came ahead of negotiations over billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks because of US sanctions
- South Korea says it hopes Iran will also free the captain and the ship
- Iran says it wants to use the funds tied up in South Korea to purchase coronavirus vaccines
The announcement was made by Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh to state media on Tuesday.
“Following a request by the South Korean Government … the crew of the Korean ship, which was detained on charges of causing environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf, have received the permission to leave…
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