Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman on April 9 said the Korean-flagged MT Hankuk was released because the ship and its captain had no "previous record of infringements in the region."
A South Korean delegation is headed to Iran to discuss the seizure of a tanker Jan. 4, while reports say Tehran is asking for the release of its funds frozen in South Korean banks.
An intelligence report by Canad's government says an Iranian immigrant laundred millions of dollars of sanctioned money for Tehran and transferred the funds to Canada.