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  • a day after Iranian forces seized a South Korean flagged tanker, officials in Seoul were weighing up on Tuesday whether to still send a senior diplomat to Tehran.

  • Vice Foreign Minister Choi John Goons planned visit for Sunday is up for review now that the tanker has been seized in Gulf waters and its crew detained.

  • Tehran accused the boat of polluting the sea way, but the incident happened amid a spike in tensions between the two countries.

  • Tehran is demanding soul release Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks due to US sanctions.

  • Joy was supposed to be discussing those frozen funds, who have some $7 billion during his visit in solar, Foreign Ministry official told Reuters.

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  • The plan is unclear as of now.

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  • The detained tanker is called the Hankou Came A and is said to have been carrying 7200 tons of ethanol.

  • It was seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards and is being held at a port on the Iranian coast.

  • South Korea's foreign minister is making diplomatic efforts to secure its release.

a day after Iranian forces seized a South Korean flagged tanker, officials in Seoul were weighing up on Tuesday whether to still send a senior diplomat to Tehran.

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