Iran has released South Korean ship’s captain with the ship underway with remaining crew.
Sources say this is the result of active dialogue with Tehran about ways to release its assets frozen in South Korea under U.S. sanctions.
The captain was the last to be let go.
Iran in February released the 19 other crew members as it claimed to be investigating what called “environmental pollution.”
With nine of them having left the country earlier, the ship departed Iran safely Friday morning, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry, with the captain and the rest of the crew onboard.
They’re accompanied by a few others who’d been sent to help manage the ship in the meantime.
The ministry said the crew are in good shape, as are the vessel and its cargo.
In January, the ship was detained in the Strait of Hormuz for allegedly polluting the sea, but Tehran provided no evidence.
Soon after, Seoul’s first vice foreign minister Choi Jong-kun went to Iran and met with Iranian officials to try and secure the vessel’s prompt release.
Seoul’s foreign ministry has been continuing dialogue with Tehran on the issue.
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