TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Tehran could speed up legal proceedings for the release of British ship Astina Empero, held in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, if the British authorities in Gibraltar release the Iranian carrier.
Tehran – .. "If the British release the Iranian oil tanker as soon as possible, we can also speed up judicial procedures for British oil tankers," Kharazi was quoted as saying by the IRNA news agency on Sunday.
"We will not give up anything related to the security of our country and we will stand against any foreign aggression," Kharrazi said. "The Iranian people are capable of tolerating the difficulties and will not at any time accept submission and humiliation by others."
"We are crucial to the security of our country and our region and to our rights," Kharrazi stressed.
Kharrazi called on European countries to defend their independence. "The nuclear deal is the biggest test for the Europeans about their ability to stand up to the United States," he said.
Tension between Tehran and London escalated after Iran detained Britain's Stena Empero for a collision with a fishing boat on July 18, about two weeks after a British tanker, Grace 1, seized Gibraltar. Breach of European sanctions on the transfer of oil to Syria. "
Tehran has vowed to back down from the capture of the British ship if Britain retreated from the detention of its ship in Gibraltar, while London said it was ready to do so after securing assurances that the Iranian ship would not ship oil to Syria.
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