Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Posted 2019-07-19, The Independent Headlines

Photo: AP / Vahid Salemi, FILE

Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard has seized a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the organisation said. A UK government spokesperson said: “We are urgently seeking further information and assessing the situation... read full story

"We are urgently seeking further information and assessing the situation following reports of an incident in the Gulf."

Photo: In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat escorts a passenger ship, unseen, near the spot where an Iranian airliner was shot down by a U.S. warship 24 years ago killing 290 passengers. The U.S. Navy again has accused Iranian patrol boats of harassing an American warship in the Persian Gulf, this time with one Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel stopping right in front of the USS Firebolt and nearly causing a collision.