{"id":112825,"date":"2024-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/?guid=ced25135d60804a09069541b8f988a1a"},"modified":"2024-04-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T00:00:00","slug":"dfa-checking-for-filipinos-aboard-iran-seized-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysiantribune.com\/dfa-checking-for-filipinos-aboard-iran-seized-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"DFA checking for Filipinos aboard Iran-seized vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nMANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is checking whether a Filipino national is among the crew members of a vessel seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Once confirmed, the DFA vowed to extend all necessary assistance to ensure their release.<\/p>\n
‘We are working in coordination with the Philippine Embassy in Tehran and the Department of Migrant Workers to verify the presence of Filipino seafarers on board,’ it said Saturday night.<\/p>\n
‘If so, no efforts will be spared to have them released and returned home as possible,’ it added.<\/p>\n
The agency emphasized that the welfare of Filipino seafarers and other overseas nationals is an ongoing commitment of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.<\/p>\n
Iran’s state-run IRNA said a special forces unit of the IRGC carried out a heliborne operation on the Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries on Saturday, directing it towards Iran’s territorial.<\/p>\n
The vessel is operated by the Zodiac Maritime Shipping Company, which IRNA
\nidentified as partly-owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer.<\/p>\n
The Iran media said the incident comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and Israel over the latter’s ‘attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1’.<\/p>\n
The MSC has yet to release the nationalities of the vessel’s 25 crew members.<\/p>\n
Source: Philippines News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is checking whether a Filipino national is among the crew members of a vessel seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Once confirmed, the DFA vowed to extend a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n