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The complexity of the United States-Iranian relationship continues to develop following continuous conflicts in the Persian Gulf and the Trump administration’s recent sanctions on Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The most recent development comes as a Gibraltar court rejected a U.S. attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker.[1] The ship, renamed from the Grace 1 supertanker to the Adrian Darya 1, resumed its trip to its stated destination of the Greek port of Kalamata. The tanker held an unknown fate since the British Navy intercepted it on July 4, claiming it was carrying oil to Syria – a violation of European Union (EU) sanctions. Iran responded, labeling the seizure as an act of piracy.