Iran tanker seizure: UK warship HMS Duncan arrives in Gulf
HMS Montrose was alerted but it was too far away to stop the seizure.
But the then foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was seized in Omani waters in"clear contravention of international law" and then forced to sail into Iran., said it had been complying with regulations and had been in international waters. The then defence minister Tobias Ellwood told Sky News"it is impossible simply to escort each individual vessel".Footage released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard-affiliated Fars news agency appears to show Stena Impero being seizedthe UK"must cease being an accessory to #EconomicTerrorism of the US".
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