India presses Iran for consular access to 16 crew of seized oil tanker
New Delhi: New Delhi has pressed Iranian authorities to grant consular access to 16 Indian crew members of an oil tanker that was seized last month and to speedily complete judicial proceedings against them, the Indian embassy in Tehran said on Saturday.
The Valiant Roar, a tanker operated by Dubai-based Glory International FZ-LLC, was boarded and seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on December 8. The vessel’s crew of 16 Indians, a Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan was accused of smuggling fuel.
