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US Offers Iranian Tanker Captain Millions To Hand Over Ship

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

US special representative to Iran, Brian Hook, emailed the captain of the Adrian Darya 1 about sailing the vessel to a country willing to impound it on behalf of the Trump administration. 

"I am writing with good news," reads the email from Hook to captain Akhilesh Kuma, after which Hook offered to pay millions of dollars if he were to turn over the ship. Kuma did not respond. 

"We have conducted extensive outreach to several ship captains as well as shipping companies," a state department spokeswoman told AFP

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif responded to the report by accusing the US of "outright blackmail," calling the Trump administration "B Team Gangsters" in a hashtag. 


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