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Vice FM Choi redoubles call for Iran s swift release of seized ship, crew members
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SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun has renewed his call for Iran to release a seized South Korean oil tanker and its sailors and offer evidence to back Tehran s claims that the vessel polluted the sea, a foreign ministry official said Monday.
Choi made the appeal during Sunday s talks with Iran s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, where the seizure of the vessel and Tehran s money frozen in Korea under U.S. sanctions topped the agenda.
Chandigarh, Jan 10: Protesting farmers on Sunday took control and ransacked the venue of ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ program at Kaimla village in Haryana's Karnal district where Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was to address people to highlight the “benefits” of the Centre's three agriculture laws.