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Pakistan seizes Iranian oil tanker at US request
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Fars News Agency quoted a Pak senator as saying that the Pak government had seized an Iranian oil tanker in the port of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
at the request of the United States.Senator Rahman Malik, Secretary of the Internal Affairs Committee of the Pak Senate, said: "We have warned against the transfer of Iranian oil to Pakistain. This is an important international issue and will lead to pressure on Pakistain," noting that "the transfer of oil to Pakistain is a violation of the embargo on Iran."

Rahmani added that "the Iranian oil tanker was monitored by an American organization, and this organization informed the Pak government to seize it, and asked it to take legal action regarding the consequences of importing and exporting as well as refining Iranian oil."

For its part, the Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization said that it had not received a notification from Pakistain regarding the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker.

"Pakistain has not officially informed us yet about the seizure of the oil tanker, as we are the state owner of the flag that the tanker flies," Abbas Ahmadinejad, director general of maritime affairs in the organization, told Fars News.

Ahmadinejad indicated that Pakistain should inform the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which in turn informs the port organization to take the necessary measures.




Posted by: Fred 2020-08-10
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