Iran declared readiness to "different scenarios" after the arrest of the tanker
Tehran continues to maintain its position and ready "to different scenarios," after the restriction of freedom in the Strait of Hormuz British tanker Stena Impero, said Iranian Ambassador to the Kingdom Hamid Baidinejad.
"The UK government is obliged to restrain those political forces that want to increase existing tensions between Iran and Britain and bring it outside of the question of tankers. It is quite dangerous and unwise at this difficult time in the region. Iran, however, is firm in its position and ready for different scenarios, " wrote Baidinejad on Twitter.
Relations between Iran and Britain deteriorated after the fact, like the 4th of July the Authorities of Gibraltar, with the assistance of British Marines tied supertanker Grace 1 under the flag of Panama. The ship is suspected of carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil from Iran to a processing enterprise of Banias in the Syrian Arab Republic. In Tehran, these data have challenged and demanded the release of the tanker.
presumably After a week the media said that five small vessels, About, Iranian, tried to stop the British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. But accompanying the Ship the frigate HMS Montrose has made the ships a verbal warning, and they missed the tanker.
The Iranian authorities deny that they tried to prevent the passage of British ships. Anyway London has said that he discussed with US the possibility of increasing military presence in the Persian Gulf.
The evening of the last working day of the week of the Navy of the Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (the IRGC, the military power of Iran) tied in the Strait of Hormuz British tanker Stena Impero and escorted him to the port of Bandar Abbas.
The crew of the tanker made of 23 people, and among them three Russian citizens, remain in the cabin, But the shipowner is unable to contact him. Iranian Authorities revealed that the Crew healthy, and the tanker is anchored at the port.
according to media reports, on 21 July the British foreign office could announce the imposition of diplomatic and economic penalties against Iran, including freezing Iranian assets.
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