{"id":41514,"date":"2019-08-18T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/18\/iranian-tanker-sought-by-us-sails-to-unknown-destination\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:57:58","slug":"iranian-tanker-sought-by-us-sails-to-unknown-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/08\/18\/iranian-tanker-sought-by-us-sails-to-unknown-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian tanker sought by US sails to unknown destination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GIBRALTAR \u2014 An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization has lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar, marine traffic monitoring data showed late Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trail left by GPS data on Marinetraffic.com<\/a>, a vessel tracking service, showed the Iran-flagged Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, moving shortly before midnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tanker slowly steered southeast toward a narrow stretch of international waters separating Morocco and the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vessel had been detained for a month in the British overseas territory for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibraltar authorities rejected an eleventh-hour attempt by the United States\u2019 to reseize the oil tanker on Sunday<\/a>, arguing that EU regulations are less strict than U.S. sanctions on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vessel’s next destination was not immediately known.<\/p>\n\n\n\t