Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced Friday they had confiscated a British tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz for breaking 'international ...
TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking"international maritime rules" as tensions mount in the highly sensitive waterway.
The tanker"was led to the shore and handed over to the organisation to go through the legal procedure and required investigations," it said. The incident came hours after Gibraltar's Supreme Court said it would extend by 30 days the detention of an Iranian tanker seized two weeks ago on allegations that it was heading to Syria in violation of sanctions.Hours before the latest incident, Iran and the United States were caught in a new war of words.
Earlier a US official said Washington has"very clear evidence" that it downed the drone, but gave no details.
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