Tehran, June 17 -- The first tankers carrying Iranian oil have exited the US naval blockade zone near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24hrs, according to shipping monitors, marking the first significant movement of Iranian crude exports in two months.
The development comes ahead of formal US-Iran talks due to begin on Friday in Switzerland, where both sides are expected to launch negotiations under the recently agreed upon memorandum of understanding.
According to tanker tracking service TankerTrackers, at least two supertankers operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company -DIONA and HERO2 - left the blockade area carrying a combined 3.8 million barrels of crude oil. The group later reported that a third tanker had also departed.
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