In an audio recording released Sunday, a British naval officer insists that a British-flagged oil tanker must be allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian paramilitary forces demand that the vessel change course before commandeering it.
The audio, released by maritime security risk firm Dryad Global, shows how the British navy was unable to prevent the ship's seizure Friday by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces. The seizure has prompted condemnation from the U.K. and its European allies as they continue to call for a de-escalation of tensions in the critical waterway.
"Alter your course to 360 degrees immediately, over," the officer says, before saying the ship is wanted for security reasons. The British officer then tells an Iranian patrol boat:"Please confirm that you are not intending to violate international law by unlawfully attempting to board the MV Stena." European nations, which are trying to save the nuclear deal and keep Iran from isolation, have tried to come up with ways to keep trading with Iran but have run smack into Trump's sanctions.
"Well, firstly we need to try and de-escalate this. There has been a ratcheting up of tensions in the Middle East," he said, before calling Friday's seizure"a hostile act" by Iran. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used the opening session of the Non-Aligned Movement forum in Venezuela on Saturday to blast U.S. foreign policy under Trump.
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