British Oil Tanker

• New video shows Iran warning U.K. warship to ‘not interfere’

  Both sides have called the interception of one another's ships "hostile acts" and "piracy."

  World

  Jul 29, 2019
  
• Persian Gulf tanker incidents could cut traffic, raise shippers’ costs: experts

  On Friday, Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the narrow passageway that carries one-fifth of the world's crude exports and a second Liberian-flagged ship was briefly detained.

  World

  Jul 20, 2019
  
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• Iran calls seizure of British vessel a response to Royal Marines impounding Iranian tanker

  A spokesman of Iran’s Guardian Council was quoted in the semi-official Fars news agency saying: “The rule of reciprocal action is well-known in international law.”

  Politics

  Jul 20, 2019
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• Iran will continue exporting oil under any conditions: Iranian foreign minister

   Iran will continue its oil exports under any conditions, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt in a telephone call on Saturday.

  World

  Jul 13, 2019
• British oil tanker in the Gulf ‘harassed’ by Iranian boats: U.S. officials

  The incident occurred almost a week after British Royal Marines boarded an Iranian tanker, Grace 1, off Gibraltar and seized it on suspicion that it was breaking sanctions by taking oil to Syria.

  World

  Jul 10, 2019