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Greece urges global action to free Iran-held tankers
The Greek government and shipping industry calls for a global mobilization to free the crews of two oil tankers held by Iran in an ongoing dispute with Athens.
“We call on all nations to act in order to end this unacceptable incident, and to ensure it does not happen again,” Merchant Marine Minister Ioannis Plakiotakis tells reporters.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday seized the two Greek-flagged tankers in the Gulf, days after Athens said it would deliver to Washington Iranian oil it had seized from a Russian tanker in April.
Plakiotakis says last week’s incident poses a “threat” to shipping safety and trade and has “cast a shadow” over Greece’s top shipping fair Posidonia, which opens Monday with over 1,900 companies from nearly 90 nations participating.
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