Tehran : An Indian oil tanker seized by Iran in August for allegedly polluting Gulf waters has been allowed to leave the port where it was held, an Iranian official said Thursday.
The Indian government-owned MT Desh Shanti was on its way back to India with a load of Iraqi crude when the Iranian navy stopped it last month for allegedly polluting the waters.
"The boat that was seized following a contamination has been freed after the Indian sailing organisation presented the necessary guarantees," said the head of the Iranian ports administration, Attahollah Sadr, quoted by Fars news agency.
Iranian authorities said the tanker had polluted its territorial waters and seized the vessel on August 12, ordering it to return to the port of Bandar-Abbas.
The International Energy Agency said in August that India, which had been importing an average of 200,000 barrels of Iranian crude per day, had apparently ceased imports in July.
But the Iranian embassy in New Delhi sought to downplay the incident, calling it "purely a technical and non-political issue".
The Indian government-owned MT Desh Shanti was on its way back to India with a load of Iraqi crude when the Iranian navy stopped it last month for allegedly polluting the waters.
"The boat that was seized following a contamination has been freed after the Indian sailing organisation presented the necessary guarantees," said the head of the Iranian ports administration, Attahollah Sadr, quoted by Fars news agency.
Iranian authorities said the tanker had polluted its territorial waters and seized the vessel on August 12, ordering it to return to the port of Bandar-Abbas.
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The International Energy Agency said in August that India, which had been importing an average of 200,000 barrels of Iranian crude per day, had apparently ceased imports in July.
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But the Iranian embassy in New Delhi sought to downplay the incident, calling it "purely a technical and non-political issue".
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