{"id":35217,"date":"2019-07-29T13:18:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T05:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=35217"},"modified":"2019-07-29T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T05:18:26","slug":"iran-ships-stranded-in-brazil-are-set-to-depart-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=35217","title":{"rendered":"Iran ships stranded in Brazil are set to depart: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Iran-ships-stranded-in-Brazil-are-set-to-depart.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Iran-ships-stranded-in-Brazil-are-set-to-depart.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Two Iranian ships stranded off<br>the coast of Brazil for weeks have sailed for home, officials said,<br>after a court ordered state oil giant Petrobras to fuel up the vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bulk carriers had been stuck at Paranagua port in the southern state of<br>Parana since early last month after Petrobras refused to provide fuel for<br>fear of breaching US sanctions on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The port administrator said that the ship Termeh left around noon Saturday, headed to another Brazilian port where it would be loaded with corn. The Bavand, which already has its cargo, left for Iran Saturday night. The journey home takes approximately 30 days, the administrator added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Eleva Quimica, the Brazilian company which contracted<br>the vessels, said refueling started in the early hours of Saturday, with the<br>Termeh receiving 600 tons and Bavand 1,300 tons of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petrobras, whose stock is listed in the US and in Sao Paulo, confirmed it<br>was refueling the ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court order came after Iran\u2019s top envoy to Brazil said that Tehran could suspend imports from Brazil if the issue was not<br>resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ships had reportedly brought urea, which is used to make fertilizer, to<br>Brazil and were to transport corn back to Iran. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIO DE JANEIRO, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Two Iranian ships stranded offthe coast of Brazil for weeks have sailed for home, officials said,after a court ordered state oil giant Petrobras to fuel up the vessels. The bulk carriers had been stuck at Paranagua port in the southern state ofParana since early last month after Petrobras [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}