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		</div><p>Authorities in Gibraltar have reportedly released an Iranian supertanker at the centre of an international stand-off with Tehran which the US had sought to seize through legal action.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court in Gibraltar had delayed a decision to release the ship after the US Department of Justice made a last-minute application to extend the vessel’s detention, the Gibraltar government said earlier on Thursday.</p>
<p>But the Gibraltar Chronicle reports there was no US application before the court when the hearing resumed on Thursday afternoon.</p>
<p>The Grace 1, carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude, was seized on July 4 in a British Royal Navy operation off Gibraltar. The vessel was suspected of violating European Union sanctions on oil shipments to Syria.</p>
<p>The detention of the Grace 1 saw Iran later seize the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which remains held by the Islamic Republic.</p>
<p>Analysts hope the release of the Grace 1 by Gibraltar will see the Stena Impero similarly freed from detention.</p>
<p>The Grace 1’s captain, an Indian national, and three officers were released from detention early on Thursday.</p>
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