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South Korea presses Iran over seized oil tanker as Gulf tensions rise dw.com 1/7/2021 Frank Smith (Seoul) © ASSOCIATED PRESS/picture alliance Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps troops on Monday seized the South Korean-flagged MT Hankuk Chemi Iran s seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker comes after Tehran had urged Seoul to release billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea under US sanctions. A South Korean delegation left for Iran on Thursday to negotiate the early release of an oil tanker and its crew seized in strategic Gulf waters this week.  Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps troops on Monday stormed the South Korean-flagged MT Hankuk Chemi as it navigated the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and forced the vessel to a nearby Iranian port.

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