Daily Mail: Iranian oil tanker tracked by the US turns off its tracker beacon - increasing speculation it IS heading to Syria
* Adrian Darya 1, formerly the Grace 1, turned off tracker at 4pm GMT yesterday
* Vessel was some 45 nautical miles off the coast of Lebanon and Syria at time
* Tanker with 2.1m barrels of oil was held in Gibraltar before release last month
An Iranian tanker carrying $130m worth of crude oil which is being pursued by the U.S. has turned off its tracking beacon, increasing speculation it is heading Syria.
The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian oil tankers turning off their Automatic Identification Systems.
By doing this the destination of the cargo can be masked amid U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's energy industry.
Today Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that Tehran will not enter into direct talks with the U.S. unless Washington rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal.
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