Overview
- CENTCOM said U.S. forces moved 22 MV Tosca crew members to Pakistan for return to Iran.
- Six additional passengers from the vessel were sent to Pakistan earlier, according to CENTCOM.
- U.S. authorities reported completing the steps to hand the ship back to its original owning administration.
- Pakistan’s Ishaq Dar spoke by phone with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi to discuss regional stability, with Pakistani media reporting that Tehran praised Pakistan’s mediation.
- CENTCOM said the ship was seized last month during an attempt to break a U.S. maritime blockade on Iran, and the transfers point to an effort to wind down the dispute.