Iran let go seven crew members from New Delhi: These are five Indians from the Portuguese flag ship. According to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ship was seized in the Gulf on April 13. Seized. MSC Aries. On Thursday, 25 crew members were on board with seven of them – five Indians, one Filipino and one Estonian – being freed before it happened that time when an Indian crew member was released.
The vessel was taken near Hormuz Strait in response to rising tensions between Iran and Israel.Man-machine attack. This happened after Israeli air attack in Damascus killed some seven Iranian military officers.
On April 16, Portugal called on Iran’s ambassador demanding for release of both ship and its crew.Iran later declared also on April 27th that it was deliberating over releasing more mariners.
The Ship belongs to Zionist regime,” he said an earlier statement by a spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry who further added that “the owner of this ship has connections with Israel.”
