DUBAI/LONDON—Iran will free seven crew members of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, Iranian state television reported on Sept. 4, although the vessel’s owner said it had yet to receive any official confirmation of the release date.
The Swedish-owned Stena Impero was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on July 19 in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations, two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar. That vessel was released in August.
