The World - News from April 14, 1986
Iran confiscated a cargo ship as war booty from Iraq and said the mainly Kuwaiti owners of its cargo have two months to collect their goods. The official Iranian news agency claimed the ship was owned by Iraq but that it sailed under a different flag to avoid confiscation. It said the 23,618-ton Ibn Bitar was seized in November by Iranian warships 250 miles east of the Strait of Hormuz. Forty-three crew members reportedly were allowed to return home.
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