Tehran, April 22 -- Iran has suggested that the United States may be preparing to ease tensions over its naval blockade, according to Press TV, quoting Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani.

According to Press TV, Iravani said, "Tehran has received signs indicating that the United States is ready to end the naval blockade."

Iravani has also formally urged the global body to press the United States to immediately and unconditionally release the Iranian commercial vessel Touska, along with its crew and their families, as reported by Iranian state broadcaster Press TV.

In a letter sent on Tuesday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council, Ambassador Iravani raised "urgent conc...