"The legal process has finished and based on that the conditions for letting the oil tanker go free have been fulfilled and the oil tanker can move," says official
A total of 28 crew on board the vessel include majority Indians but also Russians, Latvians and Filipinos, who had spent over a month in detention on board the ship since it was seized in early July
The move was announced by attorney Joseph Triay and delayed the court decision on the vessel's fate
The tanker's interception came on the heels of already high tensions in the Persian Gulf as the Trump administration continues its campaign of maximum pressure on Iran
Experts say there has never been so large a spill of condensate
Only three bodies have been recovered so far