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July 11, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/10/politics/iran-attempted-seize-british-tanker/index.html

Royal Navy Fends Off Iranian Seizure of British Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf

(CNN) Barbara Starr - Five armed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats unsuccessfully tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday, two U.S. officials said. The British Heritage tanker was crossing into the Strait of Hormuz when it was approached by the Iranian boats and ordered to change course and stop in nearby Iranian territorial waters. The UK Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose had been escorting the tanker from the rear. It trained its deck guns on the Iranians and gave them a verbal warning to back away, which they did.

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