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Iran's semi-official news agency is reporting the country's coast guard has seized a foreign towboat and its 12 Filipino crew.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Latest on tensions in the Persian Gulf region between the U.S. and Iran :Iran’s semi-official news agency is reporting the country’s coast guard has seized a foreign towboat and its 12 Filipino crew members near the Strait of Hormuz, amid regional tensions.

In July, Iran seized the tanker after Britain seized an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar, which was released later.Iran’s atomic energy spokesman is issuing new warnings about its nuclear deal with world powers. Kamalvandi also is warning that “Europeans should know that there is not much time left” to save the 2015 deal.

This comes over a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear deal and imposed crippling sanctions on the country.The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet says it is ready to maintain the safety of shippers in the region following an earlier American warning of a “maritime threat” in the Red Sea off of Yemen.The alert from the U.S.

The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet and the U.S. military’s Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

 

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More hostages for a new shakedown.

And what a deal it was......

Iran's government treats the rest of the world the same way as it treats its own citizens: like pawns to be used and disposed of at will.

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