n Iranian oil tanker held for six weeks after being impounded left Gibraltar on Sunday, after the authorities in the British territory rejected a request from American officials to turn the vessel over to them, the latest development in an episode that has contributed to raised tensions between Iran and the West.
A marine traffic monitoring website showed the tanker, the Grace 1, leaving Gibraltar’s waters shortly after 11pm (local time), with a destination of Kalamata, a port city in southern Greece, a move that has raised hopes that Iran will now release a British-flagged ship.
