The U.S. State Department called on Iran on Monday to immediately release a South Korean-flagged tanker that it seized in the Gulf and accused Tehran of threatening freedom of navigation as a way to extract relief from economic sanctions. “The (Iranian) regime continues to threaten navigational rights and freedoms in the Persian Gulf as part …
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