“If you obey, you will be safe,” an English-speaking officer from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says in a radio call to the tanker, Stena Impero, which was sailing under a British flag. In a separate video released by the semiofficial Iranian news agency Fars, small Iranian boats can be seen surrounding the Stena Impero. The United States has talked of sharing intelligence and coordination to help other nations protect their commercial vessels passing through the gulf. A boat sails near British-flagged tanker Stena Impero near the strait of Hormuz July 19, 2019, in this still image taken from video. In addition to a reciprocal retaliation for the seizure of the Iranian tanker, the capture of the British tanker appeared to fit a larger Iranian strategy.

Source: bd News24 July 21, 2019 19:52 UTC