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Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag is seen on the water in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States' latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Gibraltar releases Iran tanker

The Iranian tanker caught in a standoff between Tehran and the West yesterday left the British territory ­of Gibraltar.

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(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on August 14, 2019 shows the supertanker Grace 1 (up) after being seized off the coast of Gibraltar on July 6, 2019, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrolling around the impounded British-flagged tanker Stena Impero as it's anchored off the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas (down) on July 21, 2019. - Iran's port authority said on August 13 it has been in contact with British authorities as part of efforts to secure the release of a tanker seized off Gibraltar. Gibraltar seized the Grace 1 supertanker on July 4 with the help of British Royal Marines on suspicion it was shipping oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions. A court in Gibraltar is to decide the fate of the ship on August 15, when an order for its detention lapses. (Photos by JORGE GUERRERO and Hasan Shirvani / various sources / AFP)

UK releases Iran tanker

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Iranian supertanker seized by Royal Marines in July.

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TOPSHOT - A picture obtained by AFP from Iranian News Agency ISNA on June 13, 2019 reportedly shows fire and smoke billowing from Norwegian owned Front Altair tanker said to have been attacked in the waters of the Gulf of Oman. - Suspected attacks left two tankers in flames in the waters of the Gulf of Oman today, sending world oil prices soaring as Iran helped rescue stricken crew members. The mystery incident, the second involving shipping in the strategic sea lane in only a few weeks, came amid spiralling tensions between Tehran and Washington, which has pointed the finger at Iran over earlier tanker attacks in May. (Photo by - / ISNA / AFP)

Russia, Iran face west

Russia and Iran to hold joint naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, risking a dangerous confrontation with western forces.

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In this Sunday, July 21, 2019 photo, a speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. Global stock markets were subdued Monday while the price of oil climbed as tensions in the Persian Gulf escalated after Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/Mehr News Agency via AP)

UK plans EU mission in Gulf

The UK plans to deploy a Europe-led “maritime protection mission” to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM JULY 17: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at Chatham House on July 17, 2019 in London, England. The outgoing Prime Minister warned that there were grounds for serious concern in both domestic and international politics and called for politics based on compromise, during what is expected to be her last major speech as UK Prime Minister. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

May to head crisis talks

British PM Theresa May will chair an emergency hearing over Iran’s seizure of a UK-flagged tanker.

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TOPSHOT - This handout picture released by the US Navy on May 8, 2019 shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while conducting a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 9), while MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to the

Iran under pressure

The consequences of the US severely hitting Tehran’s economy due to its uranium use are highly unpredictable.

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