Iran confirmed on Sunday that the Grace 1 oil tanker renamed Adrian Darya had set course for international waters following its release. On Saturday, the US Department of Justice sought to seize the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 issuing a corresponding warrant days after Gibraltar’s authorities ordered the vessel to be released.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday, 19 August, that Tehran warned the United States via the Swiss Embassy in Tehran against seizing the Iranian supertanker carrying oil in open seas.