A highly placed Gibraltar
government source denied on Tuesday an Iranian news agency report which said
the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 would be leaving the British overseas territory
on Tuesday.
Iran's semi-official Fars news agency quoted unidentified Gibraltar authorities as saying the tanker would be freed on Tuesday evening.
A senior Gibraltarian government source said that report was not correct.
Meanwhile, Britain said on Tuesday that investigations into the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 were a matter for Gibraltar.
"The investigations being conducted around the Grace 1 are a matter for the government of Gibraltar," a Foreign Office spokesman said. "As this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to comment further."