US EditionIranian Prosecutors Seek $170M Fine in Connection With MSC Aries Seizure
Iranian prosecutors have filed charges seeking a $170 million fine against Zodiac Maritime for alleged hazardous cargo on MSC Aries amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
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Columbus Jewish NewsIran seeks $170 million from owner of seized Israel-linked ship
Tehran filed charges after the IRGC hijacked the MSC Aries in 2024, accusing the vessel’s owner of terror financing.The post Iran seeks $170 million from owner of seized Israel-linked ship appeared first on JNS.org.
On Tuesday, the Iranian judicial authority announced that it had imposed a fine of $170 million on Israeli businessman Eyal Afour after intercepting his cargo ship in April 2024. The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, Asghar Jahangir, said that the case of the vessel intercepted by the Iranian Guard in April 2024, had been referred to the court with an indictment and requested a fine of $170 million for its Israeli owner Eyal Afour, accusing h…
Iran demands $170M from owner of seized Israel-linked ship
Iran has demanded a $170 million fine from the owner of a cargo ship that it seized in Gulf waters last year and accused of having ties to Israel, a judicial official said Tuesday. The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military, intercepted the MSC Aries in April of 2024 and detained its 25 international crew members. At the time, the official IRNA news agency said the Portuguese-flagged vessel was "managed by Zodiac, which bel…
Prosecutors in Iran have filed a surprising and unprecedented financial demand in local courts: a huge fine of $170 million. The demand was filed against a London-based shipping company, in connection with the seizure of the container ship. The ship was seized by Iranian forces on April 13, 2024, near the Strait of Hormuz, when soldiers were suspended from a helicopter onto the deck. The incident occurred just one day before Iran launched a mass…
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