Iran has reportedly freed a Greek-owned tanker some two years after its seizure by the country’s military, the account Tanker Trackers posted on the platform X on Monday.
The independent website monitors the transport of crude oil around the world.
No other information was given by the account or the paywall-protected site.
Several media outlets also disseminated the news item, along with the description of a vessel that was “secretly released”.
One report stated that the vessel was the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, St. Nikolas.
The latter vessel was seized by Iranian navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces in January 2024 under a “court order” while it was carrying a load of crude oil from Iraq to Turkey through the Gulf of Oman.
BREAKING: IRAN HAS SECRETLY RELEASED A GREEK-OWNED TANKER AFTER TWO YEARS IN CAPTIVITY#OOTT #Iran #Tankers
— TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) January 12, 2026
