US hands over seized Iranian ship, crew to Pakistan for repatriation: Report
Pakistan said the 22 sailors will be returned to Iranian authorities after repairs, while the ship is moved back to its owners.
- On Monday, United States forces transferred 22 crew members of the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska to Pakistan for repatriation, following the vessel's seizure last month near Iran's Chabahar port.
- American forces seized the Touska after it "failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period" regarding a blockade, as the vessel belongs to the sanctioned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.
- The International Maritime Organisation reports that 20,000 seafarers remain unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz, while officials noted that "Six other passengers were already transferred to a regional country for repatriation last week."
- Islamabad will return the vessel to Iran after necessary repairs, with The Foreign Ministry calling the evacuation a "confidence-building measure" with support from both the United States and Iran.
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Iran.- Fifteen of the remaining 22 crew members of an Iranian container ship seized by the United States last month entered Iran, reported today the semi-official Fars news agency, Xinhua reported. Iranian-flagged vessel Touska was boarded and confiscated by U.S. forces off the coast of the southeastern port of Chabahar, in the Gulf of Oman, on April 19, under a U.S. naval blockade directed against Iranian navigation. Fars noted that the ship ha…
Pakistan stated on Monday that it helped transfer to Iran 22 crew members of the freighter MV Touska, seized by the United States in April in the Arabian Sea, in a coordinated operation between Washington and Tehran described as a confidence-building measure in the midst of the escalation of tensions in the Gulf. According to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, crew members were taken by plane to the country on Sunday and must be handed o…
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