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Iran releases seized Danish cargo ship

Xinhua, May 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iran released a Danish cargo ship Thursday morning, the official IRNA news agency said.

The ship was seized on April 28 over a legal dispute between an Iranian company and the Danish shipping line Maersk.

Further details will be available later, IRNA said, quoting an unidentified source at the country's Ports and Maritime Organization.

Iran said earlier that Maersk should pay some 10 million U.S. dollars in losses that it inflicted on the Iranian company and that the ship would be released "upon the payment of the amount."

Tehran said there was "absolutely no political or security intentions or considerations behind Maersk confiscation."

The Marshal Islands-flagged commercial ship, Maersk Tigris, was seized last Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz. Endit