Ambassador of Iran to Portugal, Seyed Majid TafreshiIn an interview with RTP this Sunday, he assured that the crew of the ship under the Portuguese flag, seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, has already been released.
Second Seyed Majid Tafreshi, the ship is “in Iranian waters.”
On board the ship seized near the Strait of Hormuz were 17 citizens of India, Estonia, Pakistan and Russia. Portugal has already shown solidarity with the Indian government.
This Saturday, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel, in statements to journalists, defended the “immediate release of the ship”, despite the fact that there were no Portuguese crew members on board. The Portuguese government contacted Iranian authorities in Tehran and the Iranian embassy in Lisbon.