Gibraltar's
Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether an Iranian oil tanker seized last month near the tiny
British territory can be held longer amid speculation that it might soon be released.
The Grace 1 supertanker, carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian oil, was seized on July 4 by Gibraltar
police and British special forces off the overseas British territory, provoking a diplomatic crisis between Tehran and London.
Iran, which has described Britain's actions as "piracy", seized a British tanker, the Stena Impero, on July 19 in the strategic Strait of Hormuz for breaking "international maritime rules".