Iranian Boats Attempt to Seize UK Tanker in Straits of Hormuz
10th July 2019
With the Persian Gulf uncharacteristically quiet in recent days, without any material provocation either real of staged, late on Wednesday CNN reported that five armed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard boats unsuccessfully tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. There was no independent verification of the report, but instead it was once again sourced to those who stands to gain the most from a way with Iran, namely “two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident.”
UPDATE: Royal Navy ‘fends off Iranian seizure of British oil tanker in Persian Gulf’