Iran on Friday released a South Korean-flagged tanker it seized amid a dispute over billions in frozen oil funds, and the vessel’s captain, the foreign ministry in Seoul said.
South Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement that its detention had been lifted and “the ship departed safely today”.
South Korea’s foreign ministry made no mention of the money in its statement Friday. But multiple South Korean media reports say Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun will visit Tehran soon, without giving a date for the trip.
Ship-tracking websites showed the 147-metre-long (482-foot) vessel under way at 9 knots and heading for the Strait of Hormuz.