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U.S. Seeks to Seize Iranian Tanker in Gibraltar
(Reuters) Guy Faulconbridge and Marco Trujillo - The U.S. has applied to seize the Iranian Grace 1 oil tanker in Gibraltar that was commandeered by British Royal Marines in the Mediterranean last month, complicating a possible tanker swap between Britain and Iran. The tanker was seized by British Royal Marines on July 4 on suspicion of violating EU sanctions on Syria. Gibraltar was due to release the vessel on Thursday. "The U.S. Department of Justice has applied to seize the Iranian supertanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar, just hours before the Gibraltar Government was poised to release it," the Gibraltar Chronicle reported. The Gibraltarian court's chief justice, Anthony Dudley, made clear that were it not for the U.S. move, "the ship would have sailed."