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Iran seized the container ship, MSC Aries, with a crew of 25, in the Strait of Hormuz in April, days after Tehran vowed to retaliate for a suspected Israeli strike on its consulate in Damascus.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says it considers the crew of the Portuguese-flagged vessel MSC Aries held since April 13 a humanitarian issue
Iran’s foreign minister said the crew of a seized Portuguese-flagged ship linked to Israel have been granted consular access…
He was quoted as saying the crew would be turned over to their ambassadors in Tehran. The reports did not say when this would occur.
“The humanitarian issue of the release of the ship's crew is of serious concern to us," Iran's foreign minister tells Portuguese counterpart.