Iran won’t let enemies prance around its territorial waters
MNA – A senior naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says Iran will never allow the foreign forces to prance…
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Photos: Releasing UK-flagged ‘Stena Impero’
ISNA | Mehdi Dehdar: The UK-flagged ‘Stena Impero’ oil tanker was released on Friday by Iran after nearly two months being in…
Iran confirms impounded UK oil tanker left for intl. waters
Press TV – The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which had been impounded in Iran’s Bandar Abbas port for two months over…
Iran removes seizure on Stena Impero: Baeidienejad
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said on Monday that seizure on British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was lifted. The Iranian…
Detained British-flagged tanker heads out of Iran waters
France 24 – A British-flagged oil tanker, which had been held off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for more than two…
Iran frees a British-flagged tanker to end standoff ahead of UN summit
The Wall Street Journal – Stena Impero is free to leave after Gibraltar released impounded tanker to Tehran in August Iran said…
Iran may release British-flagged tanker within hours, Swedish owner says
Reuters – The chief executive of the Swedish firm that owns the Stena Impero, the British-flagged tanker detained by Tehran on July…
Iran may release UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero in several days – Foreign ministry
Sputnik – Tehran may release UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero in a few days, there are only several formalities left, the Iranian Foreign…
Russian sailor, 6 other Stena Impero crew members leave Iran – Russian embassy
Sputnik – Seven crew members of the detained Stena Impero oil tanker, including a Russian sailor, have left Iran, the press attache…
Iran will free 7 crew members of detained UK tanker Stena Impero – Reports
Sputnik – The vessel was seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards on 20 July, just two weeks after British Royal Marines detained…
Iranian court hearing case of UK oil tanker
Tasnim – An Iranian deputy minister of road said the case of a British oil tanker captured for violating the international maritime…
Iran’s PMO, judiciary to decide on Stena Impero: IRGC
MNA – Port and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMO) and Iranian Judiciary system are to decide on the case of the seized…
Iranian Leader thanks IRGC for downing US spy plane, seizure of British tanker
FNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praised the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for downing an…
Islamic Republic standing more powerfully in pursuit of its goals
MNA – Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said Wed. that Islamic Republic of Iran is standing stronger and…
MP says briefed UK envoy on legal aspects of tanker seizure
IRNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker said that at the recent meeting with the UK envoy to Iran, he explained the legal…
Iran tension: German lefty claims ‘illegal’ UK seizure of Tehran tanker caused crisis
Express – Iran and the United Kingdom have been engaged in an ongoing skirmish after the British Navy seized an Iranian tanker off…
Iran, UK tanker issues need to be tackled separately: envoy
MNA – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, told Sky News that the two detained Iranian and British tankers are “two separate…
Iran, UK tanker issues need to be tackled separately: envoy
MNA – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, told Sky News that the two detained Iranian and British tankers are “two separate…
Envoy: Iran against exchanging detained ships with UK
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to London in a message expressed Tehran’s opposition to exchanging the seized oil tankers with the United Kingdom.…
Seizure of UK oil tanker by Iran legal
MNA – Following the capture of British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, many of the countries, including the…
‘No quid pro quo’: Britain refuses to agree to tanker swap with Iran
Sputnik – The relations between the UK and Iran have been under strain after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps detained a UK-flagged…
Don’t interfere in my operation: IRGC boat warns UK warship
Press TV – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops (IRGC) has for the first time released audio and video of its naval forces’…
Russian embassy says met with Russians on seized tanker Stena Impero in Iran
Sputnik – The Russian Embassy in Tehran said on Saturday that its diplomats have met with the Russian crew of the UK-flagged…
Envoy: Iran informs IMO of UK tanker’s violations
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to London said Iran has presented detailed information regarding UK oil tanker Stena Impero violations in the Strait…
Stena Bulk says it spoke to seized tanker’s crew, all safe and well
Reuters – All 23 crew on a British oil tanker seized last week by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz are safe…
Sweden in talks with Iran, UK, others over seized tanker
MNA – Sweden said on Wednesday it was holding talks with Iran, Britain and others over a Swedish-owned, British-flagged tanker seized last…
Iran defends seizure of British tanker in letter to UN Security Council
Press TV – Iran has defended its move in capturing a British tanker in the Persian Gulf, saying that the vessel was…
What is really behind British tanker seizure?
Alwaght – Nearly three decades after the Tanker War in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s, the strategic waterway’s name is…
Enemies incapable of confronting Iran: Ayatollah Jannati
MNA – Seizure of the British oil taker, Stena Impro, by IRGC proved that Iran is at the highest level of dignity…
Russian embassy in contact with Iran about detained tanker crew
Sputnik – The Russian Embassy in Tehran is in contact with the Iranian authorities about the Russian crew of a UK-flagged tanker…
West’s reaction to seizure of UK tanker, political not legal: expert
MNA – An Iranian expert on international law Nemat Ahmadi said western countries’ reaction to Iran’s seizure of UK oil tanker in…
UK-flagged oil tanker seizure; Iran’s will to respond to threats: Defense Minister
IRNA – Iranian Defense Minister said that when a ship carrying Iran’s oil is wrongly seized, we immediately deal with their illegal…
UK-flagged ship not seized for retaliation: Iran gov’t spox
IRNA – The UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero has been seized in the Strait of Hurmuz by Iranian coastguards not for retaliation, Iran’s…
Senior politician says UK’s sanction threat on Iran ‘ineffective’
MNA – Head of Iran’s Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said that the oil tanker case should be decided according to…
Iranian lawmakers hail IRGC for seizure of British tanker
Press TV – Iranian lawmakers have thrown their weight behind the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for impounding a British-flagged oil tanker…
Alleged audio of Iran calling on UK tanker to alter course before seizure released
Sputnik – The seizure of the British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces took place after UK marines detained…
Envoy urges UK to refrain from escalating tension with Iran
MNA – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, has called on the UK government to contain those domestic political forces who want…
IRGC responded to British act of piracy: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani made a one-sentence remark referring to the Friday’s seizure of a British oil tanker in…
UK’s Hunt expresses ‘extreme disappointment’ to Iran’s Zarif over seized tanker
MNA – British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and expressed his “extreme…
IRGC releases footage of seized UK-flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Saturday released video of the operation to capture British-flagged oil tanker, Stena Impero. The…