被伊朗扣押的英國船只釋放

被伊朗扣押的英國船只釋放

The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero seized by Iran in July has started to move out of the port of Bandar Abbas where it has been held, the Swedish owner of the tanker says.

今年7月被伊朗扣押的懸掛英國國旗的油輪Stena Impero的瑞典船東說，這艘油輪已經開始駛離被扣押的阿巴斯港。

"The ship is on the move," Stena Bulk CEO Erik Hanell said in a text message. "We will comment further when the ship reaches international waters."

Stena Bulk首席執(zhí)行官埃里克o哈內爾在一條短信中說:“這艘船正在起航。”“當該船抵達國際水域時，我們將進一步置評。”

Iran seized the British tanker on July 19 near the Strait of Hormuz for alleged marine violations, two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar. That vessel was released in August.

7月19日，伊朗在霍爾木茲海峽附近扣押了這艘英國油輪，理由是涉嫌違反海上規(guī)定。兩周前，英國在直布羅陀海域扣押了一艘伊朗油輪。該船于8月被釋放。

The Stena has set a new destination for Port Rashid in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, about 250km away, the tracking data showed on Friday. At normal tanker speed, it would reach port within half a day.

周五的跟蹤數據顯示，“斯坦納”號已為阿聯酋迪拜的拉希德港(Port Rashid)設定了一個新的目的地，距離目的地約250公里。按照正常的油輪速度，它將在半天內到達港口。

Iran's foreign ministry had said on Wednesday that a lifting of the detention order had been finalised, but that an investigation into the vessel was ongoing.

伊朗外交部周三表示，解除拘留令的工作已經完成，但對這艘船的調查仍在進行中。

Iran's seizure of the Stena Impero on July 19 had ratcheted up tensions in the region following attacks in May and June on other merchant vessels in Gulf waters which Washington blamed on Tehran.

7月19日，伊朗占領Stena Impero，加劇了該地區(qū)的緊張局勢。此前，5月和6月，其他商船在海灣水域遭到襲擊，華盛頓指責德黑蘭應為襲擊負責。

Iran has denied responsibility.

伊朗否認對此負責。

Relations between the United States and Iran have become more strained since Washington withdrew last year from a global pact to rein in Tehran's nuclear programme and imposed sanctions on the country aimed at shutting down Iranian oil exports.

自從華盛頓去年退出一項旨在遏制德黑蘭核計劃的全球協(xié)議，并對伊朗實施旨在切斷伊朗石油出口的制裁以來，美國和伊朗之間的關系變得更加緊張。