Nine Filipino seafarers on the oil tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman on January 11 have returned to the Philippines.
According to a report on Unang Balita on Monday, one of the seafarers said that there are still eight more Filipinos on the ship who are in good condition.On February 4, one Filipino seafarer returned to the Philippines after being released by Iranian authorities, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs .Iran seized the Marshall Islands-flagged St. Nikolas on January 11 while it was carrying 145,000 tons of oil from Iraq to Turkey.
Iran said it was retaliating for the "theft" of its oil from the same tanker — which at the time was called the Suez Rajan — last year by the United States.Washington condemned what it claims is an "unlawful seizure" and demanded that Iran "immediately release the ship and its crew."The DFA had said that the 18 Filipinos on the oil tanker will be released if they are replaced with another crew.
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