This picture made out of a video offered to The Related Press by a Mideast protection official reveals a helicopter raid concentrating on a vessel close to the Strait of Hormuz on April 13, 2024.
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Iran on April 27 mentioned the principally Indian crew of a Portuguese-flagged ship that was seized by Iranian forces in its maritime territory two weeks in the past is being granted consular entry, elevating hopes for his or her early launch and extradition.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on April 13 seized the Israeli-affiliated, Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries, a container ship, manned by a crew of 25, together with 17 Indians, close to the Strait of Hormuz on account of a collection of assaults between Iran and Israel.
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A press release from Iran’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs mentioned Portugal’s newly-appointed Overseas Minister Paulo Rangel had a telephone dialog together with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian and exchanged views on the bilateral relations & the state of affairs within the area, with the developments in Palestine standing out of their talks.
It was throughout this telephonic dialog that either side exchanged their newest views on the Portuguese-flagged Israeli ship seized by Iranian forces.
“We [will] severely think about the discharge of the ship’s crew as a humanitarian problem and we have now introduced to their ambassadors in Tehran their entry to consular companies, launch and extradition,” Amirabdollahian mentioned.
Ann Tessa Joseph, the only girl cadet among the many 17 Indian crew members of the MSC Aries was launched on April 18 following “concerted efforts” by the Indian mission in Tehran and the Iranian authorities.
Earlier on Thursday, in New Delhi, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned there are particular “technicalities concerned” within the return of the remaining 16 Indian crew members.
In response to a query throughout his weekly media briefing, Jaiswal mentioned the 16 Indians are in “good” well being and that the Indian mission was given consular entry to the Indian crew by Iranian authorities.
Indian officers had met the crew and are in fixed contact with their households, he mentioned including, “So far as their return is worried, there are particular technicalities concerned, there are some contractual obligations, as soon as that’s executed, it can rely on that, when they are going to return.”
