US releases 22 crew members from seized Iranian ship to Pakistan in ‘confidence-building measure’

The US has evacuated 22 crew members held aboard an Iranian container vessel to Pakistan and will hand them over to Iranian authorities today, Pakistan’s foreign ministry says, calling the move a “confidence-building measure.”

“The Iranian ship will also be backloaded to Pakistani territorial waters for return to its original owners after necessary repairs,” the ministry says in a statement.

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