LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials on Monday (Jul 22) to discuss how to ...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency meeting of ministers and security officials on Monday to discuss how to respond afterIn a dramatic escalation of tensions, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the Stena Impero on Friday in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
But questions are being asked in London about why it was not more proactive in protecting ships after the Gibraltar incident, which provoked fury in Tehran. But in a letter to the UN Security Council, British charge d'affaires Jonathan Allen accused Tehran of"illegal interference". But they insisted the 18 Indians, including the captain, three Russians, a Latvian and a Filipino on board are all in good health and anchored in a safe place.
The British frigate HMS Montrose, which was in the Gulf at the time, intervenes to inform the Stena that its passage must not be impaired under international law.US, IRANIAN BRINKSMANSHIPTehran has been at loggerheads with Washington since May 2018, when President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a landmark 2015 deal putting curbs on Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.
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