BREAKING: Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz.
11:30 p.m.
Their phone call Friday came just as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was announcing that it had seized a British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz. The British government says it is urgently seeking information after reports Iran has seized the British-flagged ship.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has seized a British oil tanker that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
National security adviser John Bolton said “there is no question this was an Iranian drone and USS Boxer took it out.” Trump on Thursday said the Boxer took defensive action after an Iranian drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down. The German minister added that “there are diplomatic tools, talks and negotiations with countries in the Gulf region and with the United States.”
The EU has imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government over its continued crackdown against civilians. About 20% of all oil traded worldwide passes through the Persian Gulf, so investors are aware of the potential for disruptions to ship traffic. The tanker is suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, and its seizure stoked international tensions over the Persian Gulf.
Since the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran last year, the other parties to the agreement — Germany, France, Britain, Russia, China and the European Union — have been trying to preserve it. The Iranian parliament is not due to ratify the agreement with the International Atomic Energy Association until 2023.Geng said China opposes America’s “long-armed jurisdiction over other countries, including China.” He called U.S. unilateral sanctions the root cause of the current tension.Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it will release images taken by a drone that President Donald Trump says was hit by a U.S. warship to disprove his claim.
Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, spokesman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, says that “with such allegations, America plans to create tensions and psychological warfare in the region and in Iran, and hide its failures.”President Donald Trump on Thursday said an American warship, the USS Boxer, took defensive action after an Iranian drone came within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.11:40 a.m.
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