Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran has released all crew members of the MSC Aries which it seized in Iranian territorial waters on a judicial order last month.

Amir-Abdollahian made the announcement on Thursday in a phone conversation with his Estonian counterpart Margus Tsahkna who thanked the Islamic Republic for the release.

An Estonian citizen is among 25 crew members on the MSC Aries, a commercial ship with links to Israel, which the special naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seized near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13.

“The seized ship, which had turned off its transponders in the territorial waters of Iran and jeopardized the security of navigation, is under judicial confiscation, but Iran has released all its crew on human grounds,” Amir-Abdollahian said.

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