Iran’s former IRGC chief calls for seizure of British oil tanker
July 5, 2019, 8:58 am

Iran’s former IRGC chief calls for seizure of British oil tanker

Rezaei tweeted that “If England does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the concerned authorities’ duty to seize an English oil tanker.” (File photo AP)

The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council and former chief of the IRGC, Mohsen Rezaei warned on Friday that if Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker it seized on Thursday in Gibraltar, Iran’s “duty” is to act alike and seize a British oil tanker.

“The Islamic Republic, in its 40-year long history, has never initiated tensions in any battles, but it has never hesitated in responding to bullies,” Rezaei tweeted on Friday.

He added in the same tweet that “If England does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the concerned authorities’ duty to seize an English oil tanker.”

Also on Friday an Iranian senior official demanded that Britain “immediately release” an oil tanker it has detained in Gibraltar, accusing it of acting at the bidding of the United States.

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