Iran: Sailors from seized South Korean tanker to be released ...Kuwait

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Iran's seizure of the vessel is seen as an attempt to increase its leverage over Seoul, ahead of negotiations to secure the release of billions of dollars of frozen assets. The sailors from a South Korean tanker seized in the Persian Gulf by Iranian troops last month are free to leave the country on humanitarian grounds, Iran's state TV said Tuesday.Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said a legal investigation into the tanker and its captain would continue. Iran maintains the tanker and its 20-member crew were stopped because of the vessel's "environmental pollution," a claim rejected by the vessel's owner.It appeared the South Korean-flagged tanker's seizure in the crucial Strait

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