Iran has agreed to release the crew members belonging to two Greece-based tankers it had reportedly seized in May 2022 in response to the seizure of oil by the US from a tanker with an Iranian flag in Greece, a Greece-based seafarers union reported.
The diplomatic impasse that has stretched for months now has strained the existing relations between Tehran and Athens as tensions rise between the US and Iran.
The crew members will be replaced, facilitating their return to their home countries soon,...