TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
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TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP

Two Greek oil tankers seized by Iran last week are located in Iranian waters, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a Twitter post on Thursday.

"We now have a visual confirmation that the hijacked Greek Suezmax tanker Prudent Warrior is in the anchorage of Bandar Abbas, Iran," the online service which tracks and reports shipments and storage of crude oil said in the post.

The second vessel, the Delta Poseidon, also a Suezmax tanker, is being held north of Larak island, it added, according to Reuters.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' navy seized the two vessels on May 27 in the Gulf, after the United States confiscated oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker, the Pegas, held off the Greek coast, Tehran's state media had said.

The Pegas was later released but the seizure inflamed tensions at a delicate time, with Iran and world powers seeking to revive a deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program which US former President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.



US Says It Reaches Understanding to Expedite Rare Earth Exports from China

 A sample of samarium (Sm) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. (Reuters)
A sample of samarium (Sm) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. (Reuters)
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US Says It Reaches Understanding to Expedite Rare Earth Exports from China

 A sample of samarium (Sm) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. (Reuters)
A sample of samarium (Sm) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris, France, June 23, 2025. (Reuters)

The United States has reached an understanding with China on how to expedite rare earth shipments to the US, a White House official said on Thursday, amid efforts to end a trade war between the world's biggest economies.

During talks in May in Geneva, China committed to removing non-tariff countermeasures imposed against the United States since April 2, although it was unclear how some of those measures would be walked back.

As part of its retaliation to US tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, China added rare earths to its controlled export list.

"The administration and China agreed to an additional understanding for a framework to implement the Geneva agreement," a White House official said on Thursday.

The understanding is "about how we can implement expediting rare earths shipments to the US again", the official said.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was quoted as saying by Bloomberg: "They’re going to deliver rare earths to us" and once they do that "we'll take down our countermeasures."

China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.