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U.S. State Department

A United States Department of State spokesperson confirms as accurate a story reported yesterday by the "Financial Times", saying that Akhilesh Kumar, the captain of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was captured in Gibraltar in July and since then released, was offered millions of dollars by U.S. official Brian Hook to change its course, so that it could be impounded on U.S. charges of "terrorism".

US offered money to Indian ship captain, Iran calls it blackmail

Sources:  Hindustan Times


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