Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
on Wednesday released a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with all its 21 crew members aboard days after Tehran seized the ship without explanation, the vessel’s managers said.
Tehran had no immediate comment on the release of the Talara, which marked the first ship seizure by Iran in months. The Middle East remains tense after Iran’s 12-day war in June with Israel and as concerns remain over the Islamic Theocratic
Republic’s nuclear program.
Cyprus-based Columbia Shipmanagement said the crew "are safe and in good spirits."
"We have informed their families, and the vessel is now free to resume normal operations," the firm said.
It added that "no allegations were made against the vessel, her crew and the vessel’s managers and owners."
Ship-tracking data analyzed by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named showed the Talara traveling away from Iran.
On Friday, Iran’s military seized the vessel as it traveled through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil traded passes. The ship had been traveling from Ajman, United Arab Emirates, onward to Singapore.
The US Navy has blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members in 2021.
In May 2022, Iran took two Greek tankers and held them until November of that year, and seized the Portuguese-flagged and Israel-affiliated fat merchantman MSC Aries in April 2024.