Video released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard-affiliated Fars news agency appeared to show the moment the tanker was raided.between HMS Montrose and Iranian armed forces vessels moments before the tanker was seized.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was illegally seized in Omani waters and forced to sail into Bandar Abbas port in Iran.off Gibraltar, because of evidence it was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.Could the Royal Navy have done more? The Tory MP said he understood the US had offered the UK"assets" to support its shipping and they were not taken up.Former commander of UK maritime forces Rear Admiral Alex Burton said the size of the Navy's fleet had limited the UK's ability to act.
A relative of one Indian crew member, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC on Sunday the family was concerned and had not received any messages from him since the vessel was detained. On Sunday, the Foreign Office confirmed Mr Hunt spoke with his French and German counterparts, who have both condemned Iran's actions.
Slow down. None of the 23 crew members taken hostage are British. The vessel was sailing under the British flag or 'red ensign', but that was really a diplomatic nicety. The ship is owned in Sweden, not the UK.
Ah state sponsored piracy by the country of western hate Iran. Do they not realise one missile from a pisses off US president would send them back from the stone age?
Unacceptable, what will the UK do? More immigration and pretend there’s no threat
How come our naval ship didn't have drones that it could deploy to protect the tanker pending its arrival?
And what are the respective governments of these crewmen doing about their imprisonment, It appears very little, are we the only ones that give a shit
Too many muslims in uk , that's way the government is scared to declare war on Iran 😂😂😂😂
The London mayor will thank Iran most probably.
What goes around comes around! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 The British chickens are coming home to roost! 😂😂😂
Surely Mr Corbyn should intervene with his friends
Send in SAS and take tanker back
Should seize all their assets and get behind American government on this one.Why should we give them benefits for not making nuclear threats?
I bet they're having a wicked party in there 😆🥳