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Iran says it's ready to release UK-flagged oil tanker

Tehran | Iran has completed all legal procedures necessary to release a UK-registered oil tanker it seized more than two months ago, a government spokesman said, as Tehran faces pressure to take conciliatory steps after being blamed for attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

Spokesman Ali Rabiei, speaking to reporters in the Iranian capital, didn't specify when the ship would be allowed to leave the Persian Gulf country.

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