Reuters - The chief executive of the Swedish firm that owns the Stena Impero, the British-flagged tanker detained by Tehran on July 19, said on Sunday he had been informed that the vessel may be released within a few hours. The Stena Impero was detained by Irans Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations,...

MNA IRGC spokesman said that downing of US drone and seizure of British oil tanker showed the enemys empty power to the world. The Spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said on Wednesday in Bandar Abbas that the downing of a trespassing US spy drone and the seizure of a violating British oil tanker are successful examples of Irans resistance ...

Press TV - Iran's top security official says his countrys seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was totally lawful. Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi on Saturday. We believe that all countries need ...

MNA Following the capture of British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, many of the countries, including the Saudis, tried to make Iran's action illegal, while it was fully in line with international law. A while ago Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir wrote on Twitter: Any attack on the freedom of navigation is ...

MNA Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council, Kamal Kharrazi, has said that shooting downing a US drone and seizure of a UK tanker in Persian Gulf must have shown that Iran does not compromise on its national interests, security. Kamal Kharrazi, Head of Iran's Foreign Policy Strategic Council, made the remarks in a meeting with a Chinese ...

Press TV - Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops (IRGC) has for the first time released audio and video of its naval forces warnings to a British Royal Navy warship to stay out of their way, during an operation to seize a UK-flagged oil tanker for violating international laws in the Persian Gulf earlier this month. In the brief audio clip, released ...

Al-Monitor | Makram Najmuddine: Two tankers stranded in two straits almost 4,000 miles apart are threatening to sink the already-adrift relationship between Britain and Iran. When it comes to Iran, Britain is the old fox whos always desperate to exploit Persia. Britains decision to back authorities in Gibraltar as they seized control July 4 of ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the UK government that it will definitely pay the price for the illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Gibraltar. In a Sunday meeting with the foreign minister of Oman in Tehran, Rouhani denounced the illegal move by the British government to seize Iranian ...

Sputnik - The Russian Embassy in Tehran said on Saturday that its diplomats have met with the Russian crew of the UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero that was detained by Iran last week and confirmed that the sailors are in good health and will remain on board for now. The Russian Embassy's spokesperson, Andrey Ganenko said that the Stena Impero's crew ...

AFP - Iran's seizure and continued detention of a UK-flagged tanker deals Mr Boris Johnson an immediate loyalty test: Britain's new prime ministermay have to choose between Gulf escorts led by Europe or the United States. Which way Mr Johnson leans could set the tone for a complex agenda that includes withdrawing from the EU, striking a trade deal ...

MNA Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said late Wed. that Irans downing of US drone and also seizure of UK-flagged oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz are clear manifestation of the countrys sovereignty in international arena. Turning to the showcasing sovereignty and perseverance of Islamic Iran in ...

IRNA Iranian Ambassador to London said Iran has presented detailed information regarding UK oil tanker Stena Impero violations in the Strait of Hormuz to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). After having crash in region, the UK tanker has breached the maritime regulations by entering exit oath and turning off the navigation system, Hamid ...

Reuters - All 23 crew on a British oil tanker seized last week by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz are safe and well, the vessels Swedish operator Stena Bulk said on Wednesday after speaking to them. The Stena Impero had been heading to a port in Saudi Arabia when it suddenly changed course after passing through the strait at the mouth of the Gulf and ...

MNA Sweden said on Wednesday it was holding talks with Iran, Britain and others over a Swedish-owned, British-flagged tanker seized last week by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. Sweden is concerned by developments in the Strait of Hormuz. For Sweden and the EU it is vital that freedom of navigation is protected. Given the very serious situation in ...

Press TV - Iran has defended its move in capturing a British tanker in the Persian Gulf, saying that the vessel was impounded after it breached international law by attempting to flee the scene of a dangerous collision with an Iranian boat. In the letter on Wednesday, Iran told the United Nations Security Council that the British tanker "Stena Impero" ...

Tasnim The UK government has sent a mediator to Iran to discuss ways to free a British-flagged tanker seized by the Islamic Republic last week, the head of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khameneis office said on Wednesday. In a speech in Tehran on Wednesday, Hojatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani hailed a recent move ...

MNA Seizure of the British oil taker, Stena Impro, by IRGC proved that Iran is at the highest level of dignity and utmost power in West Asia and the enemies are incapable of confronting it, Secretary of the Guardian Council (GC) Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said on Wednesday. The current situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the best in terms ...

Alwaght - Nearly three decades after the Tanker War in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s, the strategic waterways name is again back to the media headlines as new oil tankers crisis begins to brew amid escalated regional tensions. On Friday, the media in breaking news rushed to report that Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a ...

Sputnik - The Russian Embassy in Tehran is in contact with the Iranian authorities about the Russian crew of a UK-flagged tanker seized off Irans coast, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. "The embassy is at work. Everyone is at work. All services, all channels are active. We are in a close contact with Iranians," Mikhail Bogdanov told ...

Press TV - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issues a stern caution against any attempts at starting a conflict with the country, which is not seeking one, reminding that the Islamic Republics recent seizure of a British-flagged tanker did not come as an act of retaliation. Zarif made the remarks to reporters in Nicaragua, where he has traveled ...