TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy has seized a South Korean-flagged ship in the Persian Gulf over environmental hazards, sources said.
Informed sources told Tasnim on Monday that the Iranian forces have seized the ship in the Persian Gulf due to environmental and chemical pollution concerns.
The IRGC Navy’s Public Relations department
said in a statement that the South Korean-flagged
oil tanker, named HANKUK CHEMI, had departed
from Saudi Arabia’s Al Jubail port.
The tanker, carrying 7,200 tons of oil chemical
materials has been captured by the IRGC Navy’s
Zolfaqar flotilla because of “repeated violation
of environmental regulations”, the statement said,
adding that the crew are from South Korea,
Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
The oil tanker has berthed at Iran’s southern port
city of Bandar Abbas for legal procedures
to be performed by the Iranian Judiciary officials,
it noted.
The IRGC also said that the vessel was captured
at 10 am local time on Monday at the request of the
Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran and after
the provincial prosecutor of Hormozgan issued a
warrant.
