The
United States said Thursday that
Iran had shown itself to be untrustworthy after a tanker apparently delivered oil to
Syria in defiance of promises.
"I think the importance here to our friends around the world in the international community is to note that once again you have been lied to and misled by the Iranian regime," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters.
An Iranian vessel, originally called the Grace 1 and renamed the Adrian Darya 1, was held for six weeks by the
British overseas territory of Gibraltar until authorities received promises it was not heading to Syria, Iran's main Arab ally.