A U.S. official said last week that Washington had sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel under its sanctions program last year.
Iran on Monday said the U.S. move this month to seize oil because it came from Tehran was an act of piracy, adding that the passengers did not belong to the Iranian government.
Washington filed a lawsuit earlier this month for seizing the cargo, alleging that Iran was trying to exploit the source of the oil by shifting it to several. ships before he ended aboard the Liberian flagship tanker Achilleas.
Washington said the cargo violated U.S. “terrorist” rules.
“It simply came to our notice then. It belongs to the private sector, ”Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh told a weekly news conference.
It did not analyze what it meant by the private sector.
The Achilleas last announced its position on Sunday as an anchor inside Galveston Offshore Lightering District, which is outside the U.S. Gulf port of Galveston, Texas, which showed redecoration boat tracking data Monday.
A U.S. official said last week that Washington had sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel under its sanctions program last year.
Conflict has escalated between Washington and Tehran since 2018, when former U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned Iran’s nuclear deal in 2015 with six major powers and re-imposed sanctions on the country.
President Joe Biden has pledged to revive the nuclear deal if Tehran returns to full compliance with the deal.
“It is very unfortunate that such piracy is taking place under the new US administration… a solution should be found to stop such piracy by anyone for any reason,” the report said. -Khatibzadeh arguments.