A senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday threatened to seize a British tanker if the UK doesn’t release the Iranian ship detained in Gibraltar on suspicion of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions.
“If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities duty to seize a British oil tanker,” tweeted Revolutionary Guards Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, who is also secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, a powerful state body, according to the Reuters news agency.
“Islamic Iran in its 40-year history has never initiated hostilities in any battles but has also never hesitated in responding to bullies,” Rezaei wrote.
www.timesofisrael.com/tehran-threatens-to-seize-british-oil-tanker-if-iranian-ship-not-released/
Iran’s ‘duty’ to seize British tanker if UK fails to release captured ship – senior official at IRGC
www.rt.com/news/463435-iran-reaction-tanker-uk/
Iran vows to seize a British oil tanker in dramatic escalation 24 hours after Royal Marines stormed ‘Iranian’ ship off Gibraltar t.co/2H1939tS4J pic.twitter.com/w2XCLBcqPA
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