Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Britain would face “consequences” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker. He also said Iran’s increase in uranium enrichment was for peaceful aims, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported. Iran has demanded the immediate release of the tanker Grace 1, which British Royal Marines boarded off the coast of Gibraltar last week and seized over accusations it was breaking sanctions by taking oil to Syria. “You [Britain] are the initiator of insecurity and you will realise the consequences later,” Rouhani was quoted by Tasnim as saying after a cabinet meeting. Rouhani also said Iran’s decision to increase uranium enrichment would produce fuel for power plants and serve other peaceful aims, and that it was within the framework of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.  It comes as Britain deployed Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose into the Strait of Hormuz to protect UK shipping after Iran threatened to seize them in revenge. She is believed escorted oil tanker Pacific Voyager as she sailed through the piece of sea that separates the United Arab Emirates from Iran. The tanker had to be checked on by UK officials over the weekend as she stopped close to Iranian waters. The waterway has been the scene of five attacks of tankers this year amid a renewed flaring of tensions in the Gulf.    Iran has been squaring up to the West as it reels over the scrapping of the so-called nuclear deal by the US, which traded a pledge not to develop nukes for [More]

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a threat of retaliation against the United Kingdom’s move to seize an Iranian tanker. He said that the Islamic Republic (of Iran) and its ‘committed forces’ won’t leave the ‘evil without a response’. The UK had seized a ship off the coast of Gibraltar over suspicion that it was violating sanctions on Syria. According to reports, UK’s foreign secretary had said that the Iranian vessel would be released if Tehran guarantees that EU sanctions on Syria aren’t breached.

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British super tanker Pacific Voyager drifted in the Persian Gulf for six hours today prompting Iranian officials to announce that they had not boarded the 1,000ft vessel which was just outside its waters. The tanker was en-route between Singapore and Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia when it slowed to a halt this morning. UK officials said it had slowed to adjust its time of arrival in port. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7219519/British-registered-oil-tanker-causes-security-scare-Persian-Gulf.html Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1960148/Video-Iran-threatens-British-shipping-retaliation-tanker-seizure.html Daily Mail Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: http://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Mail/8392137033 Daily Mail Twitter: http://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile

Articles: https://www.i24news.tv/en Live: https://video.i24news.tv/page/live?clip=5a94117623eec6000c557fec  Replay: https://video.i24news.tv/page/5ab2981123eec6000caa0e93?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=daily_dose&utm_content=en2  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/i24newsEN/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i24news/ #i24NEWS #DailyDosewithJeffSmith #IranTanker DAILY DOSE | The UK’s special forces marines seized an Iranian tanker off of the coast of Gibraltar that was carrying commodities violating sanctions. What does this mean for Iran’s uranium enrichment progress? INSS’ Emily Landau and our Daniel Tsemach analyze. Story: Senior Iranian officials threatened Friday morning to seize a UK ship as a form of retaliation if it does not release the Iranian oil supertanker seized in the Gulf of Gibraltar that was en route to Syria. Ignoring the Iranian vows of retaliation, a Gibraltar court on Friday evening extended the tanker’s detention for fourteen days. “If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it will be the duty of the authorities to take over a British oil tanker,” Mushayn Rezai said on Twitter. A senior Iranian foreign ministry official “called for the immediate release of the oil tanker, given that it has been seized at the request of the US, based on the information currently available”, a statement released by the foreign ministry said. The Iranian oil supertanker headed for Syria in violation of EU sanctions was detained in Gibraltar on Thursday, in a move that Iran condemned as an “illegal interception.” This comes amid deteriorating relations between Europe and Iran, as Western capitals slowly fall in line with US policy over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday it would step up uranium enrichment on July 7. [More]

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Articles: https://www.i24news.tv/en Live: https://video.i24news.tv/page/live?clip=5a94117623eec6000c557fec  Replay: https://video.i24news.tv/page/5a97b81f23eec6000c55857d?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_rundown&utm_content=en2  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/i24newsEN/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/i24news/ #i24NEWS #TheRundown #IranOilTanker THE RUNDOWN | Iran is threatening Britain, claiming the U.S. pushed it to seize the Iranian oil tanker. Britain claims it has nothing to do with the U.S., but that the tanker was violating sanctions on Syria. Our Jonathan Regev has the story and our Jonathan Sacerdoti and Shayna Estulin analyze. Story: Senior Iranian officials threatened Friday morning to seize a UK ship as a form of retaliation if it does not release the Iranian oil supertanker seized in the Gulf of Gibraltar that was en route to Syria. Ignoring the Iranian vows of retaliation, a Gibraltar court on Friday evening extended the tanker’s detention for fourteen days. “If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it will be the duty of the authorities to take over a British oil tanker,” Mushayn Rezai said on Twitter. A senior Iranian foreign ministry official “called for the immediate release of the oil tanker, given that it has been seized at the request of the US, based on the information currently available”, a statement released by the foreign ministry said. The Iranian oil supertanker headed for Syria in violation of EU sanctions was detained in Gibraltar on Thursday, in a move that Iran condemned as an “illegal interception.” This comes amid deteriorating relations between Europe and Iran, as Western capitals slowly fall in line with US policy over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on [More]