Iran has required resolve, power to answer any threat: Hatami
Seizure of the British-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf proved that Iran has the necessary determination and power to respond to any sort of threat, said Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami.
Envoy urges UK to refrain from escalating tension with Iran
Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, has called on the UK government to contain those domestic political forces who want to escalate existing tension between Iran and the UK over the tanker incident.
Iran confiscated British oil tanker according to intl. law: official
The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei said that Iran’s measure to seize a trespassing British oil tanker was carried out according to the rule of reprisal in the international law.
Rezaie reacts to seizure of British oil tanker in PG
The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that Iran will not back down on carrying out retaliatory measures against its enemies.
British tanker violated ‘innocent passage’ in Strait of Hormuz: source
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has seized a British oil tanker for breaching international maritime law while crossing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
IRGC conducts major naval drills in Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have conducted major naval exercises in the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. “The exercise was conducted with the aim of controlling and safeguarding the international waterway, within the framework of annual IRGC schedule for military drills,” Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif, the spokesman for the Islamic Revolution […]