Friday, July 19, 2019

BREAKING NEWS: Iran Seizes British Oil Tanker In The Strait Of Hormuz

The Stena Impero ship, which might have been taken by Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Photograph: pr

The Guardian: Iran claims to have seized British oil tanker in strait of Hormuz

UK government urgently seeking information after Stena Impero veered into Iranian waters

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which suddenly veered off course and headed into Iranian waters.

The ship’s owners issued a statement saying it had been “approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in international waters.”

“We are presently unable to contact the vessel which is now heading north towards Iran,” the owners, Stena Bulk, and the ship’s managers, Northern Marine, said in the statement.

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More News On Iran Seizing A British Oil Tanker In The Strait Of Hormuz

The Latest: Operator says it lost contact with oil tanker -- AP
IRGC says captures British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz -- Tehran Times
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they captured British oil tanker: Iran state TV -- Reuters
Iran Guards say they have confiscated a British tanker in Strait of Hormuz -- AFP
Iran Guards say they have confiscated a British tanker in Strait of Hormuz -- Daily Mail
Iran's Revolutionary Guard report capture of UK tanker -- DW
Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker' -- BBC
Iran says it has seized British oil tanker in the Gulf -- Al Jazeera
Iran confiscates British tanker in Strait of Hormuz – IRGC -- RT

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