Vietnam announced on November 4 that it was working “closely” with Iran to determine the condition of an oil tanker captured by the Revolutionary Guards two weeks ago, AFP has reported.
On October 24, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) confiscated the Vietnam-flagged MV Southys oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which is still in the vicinity of Bandar Abbas.
“We continue to closely follow the developments and work closely with Iranian authorities to resolve this issue in accordance with the law and enact necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of Vietnamese nationals,” Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokesperson in Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Thursday.
Iran celebrated its confiscation of the oil tanker on national television Wednesday, the day before the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Iran seized the Vietnam oil tanker amid raised tension with the united states over Iran’s nuclear program.
Contradictory reports about a confrontation between Guard and the U.S Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet were reported on Iranian state TV this week. Iran described the incident as a scene of American aggression against Iran in the Gulf of Oman, with the U.S.
