A few days after receiving scathing criticism from the International Maritime Organization for hijacking a container ship off its coast on 13 April, Iran gave the strongest signal yet that the vessel’s 24 seafarers might be allowed out of the country soon.
State-run Iranian media quoted the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat as saying that the crew of the Portugal-flagged 15,000-teu MSC Aries (built 2020) is “expected to be freed”.
