A British warship stops Iran seizing an oil tanker

FOR the third time in as many months, the crew of an oil tanker found themselves at the centre of an international incident. The British Heritage, a vessel owned by BP, a British oil firm, was sailing east through the Strait of Hormuz on July 10th when three Iranian gunboats allegedly tried to halt its passage. They soon backed down and allowed the tanker to continue—but only because it was trailed by the HMS Montrose, a British warship.

After a year of restraint, Iran has begun to strike back. Until now, though, it has done so in ways that offered a dubious measure of deniability. Four oil tankers were sabotaged in May near the United Arab Emirates’ port of Fujairah, and two others were damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman last month. Diplomats in the Middle East have little doubt that Iran or its allies were responsible, and America has blamed Iran, but investigators have not yet assigned blame for either incident.

On the nuclear front, Iran has also started to ignore its own commitments under the 2015 agreement. First it broke a 300kg limit on the amount of low-enriched uranium it may stockpile. Then it started enriching the stuff to 5% purity, above the agreed-upon 3.67% limit. That is still far short of the 20% threshold that would put it on a quick path to weapons-grade uranium.

So show us video footage or some photos then. Prove it.

alllibertynews Both UK and US started false fabricated news about Iran.

You mean they tried to take back the one England stole?

I think the public will very much want to see video evidence of this

Good job, now destroy Iran and the problem is solved, forever.

Something bad is waiting for the World.

Tick tack tick tack, getting closer. A war with Irak maybe was a walk in the park, Iran will guaranteed not gone be a walk in the park. Brittany is doing trump's dirty work 🇸🇪

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Is Steven Seagul one of the workers on the oil tanker as a cook. If so everything will be alright.

Surprised the British had a war ship available - big of a struggle to get one that works over there. Pygmy power posing. Capture it while it lasts, I guess this ineffectual posturing will have to end soon.

A British war ship? It’s not what the President of the USA has said.

Did Gibraltar (UK) seize a tanker bound for Syria yesterday?

Things getting worse and Western powers think its a joke.

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