Iran halts two Qatar LNG tankers it previously cleared to transit Strait of Hormuz, source says

SINGAPORE: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards halted two Qatar liquefied natural gas tankers that had been heading toward the Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning and instructed them to hold position without explanation, a source told Reuters on Monday. Iran had permitted the vessels to transit the strait under an agreement reached with the United States last week via Pakistani mediation, said the source who had been briefed on the agreement and spoke on condition of anonymity. “This was part of an arrangement negotiated ‌as part ‌of talks spearheaded by Pakistan last week,” the source said.

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