Shipment of Iranian oil cargos is done according to the international regulations, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said, rejecting the western media propaganda accusing the Iranian ships of breaking the international rules.
"All of the Iranian oil ministry's oil shipment activities fully comply with the international laws," Ramin Mehman-Parast told reporters in his weekly press conference here in Tehran on Tuesday.He called on the Iranian journalists not to allow such false propaganda to sway their attention.
The remarks by the Iranian foreign ministry presser came after Reuters claimed in a June report that Iran has given new English names and changed the flags of many of its oil tankers.
The Haraz is now Freedom, Nesa has transformed into Truth, and Sima has become Blossom, the Reuters report alleged. At least a third of oil tanker operator National Iranian Tanker Company's ships have registered with the pacific atolls of Tuvalu and also Tanzania after dropping their Maltese and Cypriot flags, it added.
The NITC is not subject to the UN sanctions, but with Malta and Cyprus coming under increased EU pressure to stop flagging Iranian government-linked ships, the NITC has hoisted flags from Tuvalu on at least 11 of its 39 oil tankers, while Tanzanian flags fly above at least two, the report claimed.
Fars News Agency
Norwegian
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