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members quit, leaving the ship’s
owners to recruit replacements.
Photographs posted on social
media showed the vessel, painted
with its new name and flying the
Iranian flag, being readied for
departure by men in orange uni-
forms.
It was unclear whether Iran
would release the British tanker
seized in the Persian Gulf in ap-
parent retaliation for Britain’s de-
tention of the Grace 1, as the ship
was then called.
[email protected]No such action has been pro-
posed, but Iranian media specu-
lated that the U.S. Navy, which
maintains several bases in the
Mediterranean, might attempt to
seize the vessel.
Iran’s navy commander, Rear
Adm. Hossein Khanzadi, offered
to dispatch the Iranian navy to
escort the Adrian Darya 1, accord-
ing to Iran’s Mehr news agency.
The tanker had been set to
leave Gibraltar on Friday after the
court lifted its detention order,
but the captain and five crewwas facilitating terrorism be-
cause of the involvement in Iran’s
oil industry of the Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, which is
designated a terrorist organiza-
tion by the United States. The
Gibraltar ruling noted that the
E.U. does not regard the IRGC as a
terrorist organization.
The court’s rejection of the U.S.
request raises new questions over
where the tanker will go next and
whether the United States will
attempt to intervene again, per-
haps by forcibly intercepting it.the American sanctions on Iran,
which were imposed by President
Trump after he walked away from
the Iran nuclear deal last year, do
not apply in the European Union.
The sanctions violations
charged in the U.S. warrant
“would not constitute offenses
had they occurred in Gibraltar,”
the government said in a state-
ment. “There are no equivalent
sanctions against Iran in Gibral-
tar, the UK or the rest of the EU.”
Among the charges laid out in
the U.S. warrant is that the tankertion of European Union sanc-
tions. Authorities in Gibraltar
lifted the detention order last
week after Britain, which rules
the territory, received assurances
from Iran that the tanker would
not take its cargo of 2.1 million
barrels of oil to Syria.
But late Friday, the United
States intervened, issuing a war-
rant for the seizure of the ship and
its cargo, claiming it was violating
not only U.S. sanctions against
Syria but also those against Iran.
The Gibraltar court ruled thatBY LIZ SLYA Gibraltar court rejected a
U.S. attempt to seize an Iranian
oil tanker on Sunday, clearing the
way for the ship to resume its
journey in the Mediterranean un-
der the Iranian flag and with a
new name.
The Grace 1 supertanker, re-
named the Adrian Darya 1, has
been anchored off Gibraltar since
it was intercepted by the British
navy July 4 on the grounds that it
was carrying oil to Syria in viola-
Gove conceded that a no-deal
Brexit could have some “bumps in
the road.”
The Sunday Times quoted a
senior government official saying
the findings present not a worst-
case scenario, but a “most realistic
assessment of what the public face
with no deal.”
Other possible ramifications
detailed in the memo:- Increased costs for social-care
providers caused by inflation
could lead some providers to fail. - Temporary cuts in tariffs
would render the oil industry un-
competitive, closing two refiner-
ies, causing the loss of 2,000 jobs,
spurring strikes and further dis-
rupting fuel supplies. - Delays at European airports,
the Eurotunnel and other trans-
portation hubs. - Shortages of certain fresh
foods leading to less choice, high-
er prices and potential panic buy-
ing. - A risk of disruption to sup-
plies of chemicals used to treat
water. - A risk of dust-ups between
British and European fishing
boats in British waters.
As the clock ticks down to
Oct. 31, the day Britain is sched-
uled to leave the E.U., the govern-
ment insists that it wants a deal
but is preparing for every eventu-
ality.
But the leaked documents say
Britain is mostly unprepared
amid “E.U. exit fatigue” after the
country missed a planned depar-
ture date in March, the paper said.
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of planning for a no-deal Brexit,
told the BBC that the documents
were “old” and detailed “worst-
case” scenarios.
“Since it was published and cir-
culated, the government has tak-
en significant additional steps to
ensure we are prepared to leave
on October 31, deal or no deal,”
Gove said.border supply chains” and high
trade barriers. And the black mar-
ket could grow, it says, especially
in “border communities.”
It also warns that protests
around the country could monop-
olize police resources.
Michael Gove, a senior law-
maker in the ruling Conservative
Party who is effectively in chargedeal between Britain and Ireland
that helped advance peace in
Northern Ireland.
The government warns that
some businesses will halt trade to
avoid tariffs, while others who
keep trading will pass higher costs
on to customers. Agriculture “will
be the hardest hit, given its reli-
ance on highly integrated cross-office. He’s set to meet with Ger-
man Chancellor Angela Merkel
and French President Emmanuel
Macron this week to press his case
for a new deal. At the moment,
negotiations are at a standstill.
Opposition lawmakers have
been discussing ways of blocking
a no-deal Brexit, including bring-
ing down the government by call-
ing a no-confidence vote in early
September.
It is unclear whether Johnson
would win such a vote.
The Yellowhammer documents
provide a sobering view of what a
no-deal Brexit could mean for
Britain.
The Sunday Times said the gov-
ernment predicts a need to restore
a “hard border” of limited, con-
trolled crossing points in Ireland,
which could cause protests. John-
son has maintained that a “can-do
spirit” can help avert such a
change. But the government an-
ticipates that measures to avoid a
hard border are likely to “prove
unsustainable.”
Simon Coveney, Ireland’s depu-
ty prime minister, tweeted that
the country was “respectful” of
Britain’s decision to leave the E.U.
but reiterated that a hard border
between the Republic of Ireland,
which is in the European Union,
and Northern Ireland, which is
part of the United Kingdom,
“must be avoided.”
In Washington, House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said
there would be “no chance” of
Congress approving a bilateral
trade deal after Brexit if the ar-
rangement undermined the Good
Friday agreement, the 20-year-oldBY KARLA ADAM
AND HANNAH KNOWLESlondon — An increasingly likely
“no-deal” Brexit could wreak
havoc on Britain’s economy, infra-
structure and social fabric, the
government said in classified doc-
uments leaked to a British news-
paper.
The costs of food and social care
would rise, while medicines could
be delayed, the Sunday Times re-
ported. Border delays would in-
terrupt fuel supplies. Ports would
suffer severe disruptions and re-
cover only partially after three
months, leaving traffic at 50 to 70
percent of the current flow.
Those are some of the effects
predicted by “Operation Yellow-
hammer,” which the newspaper
said was compiled this month by
Britain’s Cabinet Office and avail-
able to those with “need to know”
security clearances.
Government ministers pushed
back against the reports on Sun-
day, saying that the documents
were outdated and that the gov-
ernment had ramped up its no-
deal planning in recent weeks.
Brexit critics have warned that
crashing out of the European
Union without an agreement with
the rest of the bloc will damage the
British economy, devalue its cur-
rency and create instability. Brit-
ish leaders have sought unsuc-
cessfully since the 2016 Brexit vote
to pass a “divorce” plan.
New Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, a leading Brexit sup-
porter, has promised to get his
country out of the E.U., deal or no
deal, within his first 100 days in
Gibraltar rejects U.S. request to seize Iranian oil tanker that was detained
Leaked memo warns ‘no-deal’ Brexit would cause economic, social chaos
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