ABCDEFG SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun departed for Iran on Sunday for bilateral talks amid lingering tension over Tehran s call to unlock its funds frozen here under U.S. sanctions. During his three-day visit that ends Tuesday, Chung is expected to discuss ways to enhance the Seoul-Tehran relations and other matters. The visit marks the first such trip by a South Korean premier in 44 years. The visit came two days after the Iranian government released a Korean oil tanker and its captain who were detained over alleged oil pollution. The detainment was widely seen as Teheran s retaliation against South Korea s seizure of some US$7 billion Iranian funds in early January, related to the U.S. nuclear sanctions on Iran.
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Iran's Atomic Energy Organization condemned an incident at the Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday, calling it a "terrorist action," according to the Iranian telegram channel of the Revolution Guard Corps, or IRGC.