Iran seizes British, Liberian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

iStock(TEHRAN) — Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps have seized a British-flagged and a Liberian-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, Britain’s foreign secretary said, in what appeared to be a significant new escalation between Tehran and Western countries. Late Friday, a management company for the Liberian tanker, Mesdar announced in …

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