Detained British tanker may be released.

Iran may soon release a detained British tanker after the completion of legal steps, state television reported on Sunday.

'I hope the procedures will be completed soon and this tanker will be released,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told the station.

In July, Iran seized a British oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz for alleged marine violations, two weeks after British forces detained an Iranian tanker near...

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