IRAN has said that it expects all of the oil stolen by the United States off the Greek coast in April to be returned as soon as possible after a court overturned a previous ruling allowing its seizure. 

The Iranian-flagged Lana was impounded with 19 Russian crew members on board near the island of Evia after the vessel was accused of breaching European Union sanctions. 

US forces confiscated part of its cargo of oil and transferred it to another ship after a Greek court ruled that it was permissible to do so.