US threatens visa ban on crew of Iran tanker

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Fri, 2019-08-16 05:41

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday threatened a visa ban on the crew of a seized Iranian supertanker whose departure from Gibraltar Washington failed to block.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the Grace 1 was assisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards — which the US deems a terrorist organization — by transporting oil from Iran to Syria when it was detained last month.