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In this photo released Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, by Tasnim News Agency, the MT Hankuk Chemi, a South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf
IRAN seized a South Korea-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf today as tensions rose between it and the United States around the first anniversary of the US killing of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani.
It said the seizure was linked to “pollution,” but analysts said it would raise pressure on South Korea in negotiations over frozen Iranian assets.
Thousands had rallied in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Sunday, calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq a year on from Gen Soleimani’s assassination.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
