国际英语资讯:Panama says withdrawing flag from missing oil tanker in Hormuz Strait
<p><span word="PANAMA">PANAMA</span> <span word="CITY">CITY</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 20-- <span word="Panama">Panama</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="withdrawing">withdrawing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="registration">registration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="MT">MT</span> <span word="Riah">Riah</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="disappeared">disappeared</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Strait">Strait</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hormuz">Hormuz</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="July">July</span> 14, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="maritime">maritime</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>.</p><p><span word="Panama">Panama</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flag">flag</span> <span word="withdrawal">withdrawal</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="had">had</span> "<span word="deliberately">deliberately</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="roundly">roundly</span> <span word="condemn">condemn</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Panamanian">Panamanian</span> <span word="flagged">flagged</span> <span word="ships">ships</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="illicit">illicit</span> <span word="activities">activities</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authority">authority</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Panama">Panama</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="shipping">shipping</span> <span word="fleet">fleet</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="withdrawn">withdrawn</span> <span word="flags">flags</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vessels">vessels</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="operated">operated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="reports">reports</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="standoff">standoff</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="navy">navy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="Revolutionary">Revolutionary</span> <span word="Guard">Guard</span> <span word="vessels">vessels</span> <span word="recently">recently</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="navy">navy</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="Guard">Guard</span> <span word="vessels">vessels</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="impede">impede</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="passage">passage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="tanker">tanker</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="navy">navy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="escorting">escorting</span>.</p><p><span word="Britain">Britain</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Royal">Royal</span> <span word="Marines">Marines</span> <span word="assisted">assisted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seizure">seizure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="supertanker">supertanker</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="July">July</span> 4 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="territory">territory</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span>.</p><p><span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="breaching">breaching</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="sanctions">sanctions</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="shipments">shipments</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</span> <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="by">by</span> 30 <span word="days">days</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="detention">detention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Panama">Panama</span>-<span word="flagged">flagged</span> <span word="Grace">Grace</span>.</p>
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