South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a foreign ministry statement as saying that Iran had released a seized oil tanker and its captain. According to the S. Korean ministry, the ship left the port near Bandar Abbas on Iran's southern coast at about 6 a.m. (Iran time) with its captain and 12 other crew members onboard. The crew members were released earlier, but they stayed on the ship for maintenance purposes. The captain and crew members are safe and sound, according to the ministry. In January, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy has seized a South Korean-flagged ship in the Persian Gulf due to environmental ... (full story)