Oil tanker held by Iran for over a year heads reaches international waters, tracking data shows

An oil tanker held by Iran for over a year after being seized has reached international waters. The Advantage Sweet was traveling on Thursday through the Strait of Hormuz, where it was seized in April 2023 by Iran’s navy. That's according to tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press. Iran did not acknowledge the ship’s departure. It came after an Iranian court earlier on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to pay over $6.7 billion in compensation over a Swedish company stopping its supply of special dressings and bandages for those afflicted by a rare skin disorder after Washington imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Iran’s government has linked the Advantage Sweet’s seizure to the court case.