South Korea says reviewing deliberate diplomat go to to Tehran after Iran seizes tanker

South Korea’s overseas ministry is reviewing whether or not a senior diplomat could be visiting Tehran on Sunday as deliberate, an official stated, after Iranian forces seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker in Gulf waters and detained its crew.
The incident comes amid tensions between Tehran and Seoul over Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks as a result of US sanctions. Iranian state TV cited a Tehran authorities official as saying Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun had been as a result of talk about Iran’s demand that $7 billion in frozen funds be launched.
In Seoul a overseas ministry official informed Reuters “the plan is unclear as of now” relating to Choi’s go to.
Iranian media stated on Monday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps had seized the tanker Hankuk Chemi over air pollution violations. The vessel was carrying 7,200 tonnes of ethanol.
South Korea’s overseas minister stated on Tuesday she is making diplomatic efforts to safe the discharge the tanker, Yonhap information company reported.
Kang Kyung-wha informed reporters that she had first responded to her counterparts in Iran on Monday and the ministry is now in talks with diplomats in Tehran and in Seoul to resolve the difficulty.

Iranian state tv quoted Saeed Khatibzadeh, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, as saying the ship had been seized for “polluting the sea”.
Last Sunday the Tehran Times newspaper reported Iran hoped to barter an settlement to make use of the frozen funds to “barter” for coronavirus vaccine doses and different commodities.
The South Korean overseas ministry didn’t have an instantaneous touch upon that report.

Asked about Iran’s intentions for the frozen belongings, Kang stated the security of the ship’s crew was extra vital, Yonhap stated.