Iran said on Monday it has sold a cargo of 2.1m barrels of crude oil carried on a tanker pursued by US authorities, Reuters reported, citing an Iranian government spokesman.

The official did not identify the cargo's new owner.

The crude is carried on the 300,600-dwt Adrian Darya 1 (built 1997), formerly known as Grace 1, which UK authorities arrested in Gibraltar on 4 July over suspicions it would sell its cargo to Syria.