Oil Tanker Seized by Iran Last Year Returns to International Waters

A tanker that Iran’s Navy seized in the Gulf of Oman last year is currently moving into international waters, Reuters has reported, citing data from its affiliate data-cruncher LSEG. As for its cargo, Iran unloaded that earlier this year and said the oil would be sold and the proceeds used to import medicines for a rare but severe skin disease. The decision came after a lawsuit filed by patients with the disease against the U.S. government at an Iranian court. The suit blamed U.S. sanctions from preventing the patients from getting treatment…