Iran Welcomes UN Op to Transfer Tanker Oil Off Yemen
TEHRAN -- Iran on Monday welcomed a UN operation to transfer oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast to avert a potential environmental disaster, expressing hope that the move would be a prelude to addressing Yemen’s humanitarian crisis.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Iran had announced three years ago it was prepared to remove oil from the rusting Safer tanker, anchored north of the port of Hudaydah for more than 30 years, under the supervision of the UN and Yemeni authorities.