UPDATE 1-Britain says seizure of two vessels by Iran is unacceptable
Britain said Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz was unacceptable and called for freedom of navigation in the Gulf. “I’m extremely concerned by the seizure of two vessels by Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz,” Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said. “I will shortly attend a COBR (national security) meeting to review what we know and what we can do to swiftly secure the release of the two vessels – a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel,” he said.
Seized British-flagged tanker in Gulf had turned off its tracker, ignored warnings – IRNA
The British-flagged tanker seized by Iran’s elite forces on Friday had turned off its tracker and ignored warnings from the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted a military source as saying. “The tanker had turned off its tracker and ignored several warnings by the Guards before being captured,” an unnamed military source told IRNA.
Iran Seizes British Oil Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz, State Media Claims
The incident, involving the Stena Impero tanker, comes a day after Iran seized another tanker and the U.S. claimed to have downed an Iranian drone.
Iran Seizes British Oil Tanker, Escalating Tensions With Western Powers
GIUSEPPE CACACEIran’s military seized a British tanker in the Persian Gulf on Friday, further ratcheting up the tensions between Tehran and Western powers in the Persian Gulf. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced via state-run news outlet…
Iran Guards say they confiscated British tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced Friday they had confiscated a British tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz for breaking “international maritime rules”. The Stena Impero tanker “was confiscated by the Revolutionary Guards at the request of Ho…
Second tanker in Gulf turns sharply towards Iran, Refinitiv data shows
A second oil tanker, the British-operated, Liberian-flagged Mesdar, turned sharply north towards Iran’s coast on Friday afternoon after passing westward through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf, according to Refinitiv tracking data. The turn took place at about 1600 GMT, the data showed, about 40 minutes after a similar course shift by the Stena Impero tanker that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had captured. There was no immediate word from the Guards about the second tanker or from the operator of the second tanker on what had prompted the change in direction along the vital international oil shipping route.
Iran seizes UK oil tanker as Strait of Hormuz conflict escalates
A U.K. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Friday, the military branch said, claiming the vessel was operating against “international maritime laws and regulations.”
Russia’s Military Is Transforming (And Getting Stronger) Right Before Our Eyes
At a meeting of the military-industrial commission in Moscow in September 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin had instructed the Ministry of Defense to organize work on the creation of the Military Innovative Technopolis ERA (MIT ERA).In an age of c…
UPDATE 1-Trump tells France’s Macron U.S. concerned with proposed digital services tax
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday and expressed concerns about the country’s proposed digital services tax, the White House said. The two leaders also discussed ongoing efforts to ensure Iran does not o…
Iran Says It Has Seized A British Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz
Ship-tracking data show the U.K. tanker Stena Impero was traveling from the United Arab Emirates to a port in Saudi Arabia when it suddenly veered toward Iran’s coast and came to a stop.
Mueller probe witness now faces child sex trafficking charge
A businessman who served as a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation now faces a charge of child sex trafficking in addition to transporting child pornography. An indictment made public Friday in federal court in Alexandria charges Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, with transporting a 14-year-old boy from Europe to Washington, D.C., in February 2000 and engaging in sex acts with him. It details his efforts to serve as liaison between a Russian banker close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of President Donald Trump’s transition team.
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