Iranian Authorities revealed that tied in the Strait of Hormuz tanker Stena Impero due to a conflict with an Iranian fishing boat, the Agency IRNA.

"The British Ship collided with a fishing boat, it ought to investigate" - are reported words of the Director General of the Organization of ports and navigation of Hormozgan province of Allahverdi Avifauna.

according to his statement, the tanker did not answer a distress call from the Iranian vessel. Then the fishermen, according to the requirements associated with the Organization of ports and shipping and said about the incident.

according to the Agency, currently the tanker is in the port of Bandar Abbas, where he was accompanied by the naval forces of Islamic revolutionary guard Corps, After all the necessary procedures.

As said Last news authorized the British company sudovladel Northern Marine Management, in the cabin of the tanker three citizens of Russia. The firm also reported about a Russian Ambassador's residence in Tehran.

Relations between Iran and Britain deteriorated after the fact, Like the 4th of July the Power of Gibraltar with the assistance of British Marines tied supertanker Grace 1 under the flag of Panama. The ship is suspected of carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil from Iran to a processing enterprise of Banias in the Syrian Arab Republic. In Tehran, these data have challenged and demanded the release of the tanker.

presumably After a week the media said that five small vessels, About the Iranian, tried to stop the British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. But accompanying the Ship the frigate HMS Montrose has made the ships a verbal warning, and they missed the tanker.

The Iranian authorities deny that they tried to prevent the passage of British ships. Anyway, the UK said that he discussed with US the possibility of increasing military presence in the Persian Gulf.



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