Iran seized the second tanker, the Americans are preparing an operation in the Middle East

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The United States and Britain continue to provoke Iran in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, pushing the Middle East to the start of another war, the scale of which can overshadow all previous wars in the region.



Iranian English-language channel Press TV on Twitter reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained the oil tanker Stena Imperio under the flag of the UK.

The reason for the detention of the British tanker declared "violation of international shipping standards."

The owner of Stena Bulk & Northern Marine confirmed the detention of the vessel and specified that Stena Imperio is now in Iranian territorial waters, and it is not possible to establish contact with the crew.

Great Britain and the United States have already responded to the incident.

The head of the British Foreign Ministry, Jeremy Hunt, said that the situation was "unacceptable" and would soon be considered at a meeting of the Cobra ad hoc government committee.

The command of the US armed forces announced the development of the international operation "Sentinel", the purpose of which will be "supervision of the sea lanes" and "strengthening security" on the main water routes in the region.

Iran’s detention of a British tanker can perhaps be seen as revenge on the United States and Great Britain for a previously captured British tanker with Iranian oil in the Strait of Gibraltar and a demonstration of Tehran’s determination to respond to provocations with a mirror.
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  2. steelmaker
    steelmaker
    +6
    20 July 2019 11: 55
    But Iran has nothing to lose. The sooner it collapses, the faster the US starts a war. And so there is hope that the United States itself will go into a rollback.
  3. Igor Pavlovich
    Igor Pavlovich
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    20 July 2019 12: 31
    Iran captured the second tanker - the USA and Great Britain continue to provoke Iran ... How is it ???
  4. DPN
    DPN
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    20 July 2019 23: 08
    The Iranians are great, for one tooth they beat out two, that's how it should be, the only way you can teach politeness to Britain and the USA.
  5. gorenina91
    gorenina91
    0
    21 July 2019 03: 27
    Perhaps the United States and Russia will soon become equal in the "glorious tradition" of cheek puffing (blowing soap bubbles) ...
    At first, Russia "became famous" in this field ... - "menacingly exhorting" Turkey for the downed Russian plane and for all the nastiness that tomato Turkey, without hesitation, allows itself to do to Russia ... Russia so "called to account" Turkey that today it is already supplying its S-400s there ... - at the expense of its own provided Russian loans ... And soon it will flood the whole of Turkey with Russian free gas ... Such is the "severe punishment" ...

    Well, the Americans, too ... are not far away ... At first they "scared" Sev. Korea ... Today it is trembling with fear ... And today Iran has already begun to "frighten" ...
    How will this scare end? Probably, the United States will urgently begin to supply Iran with its Tomahawks and Patriots ... and oil barges, so that Iran can supply its oil to the whole world ...
    Such "scare" is in vogue these days ... -Hahah ...
  6. SANDRO
    SANDRO
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    21 July 2019 09: 05
    Who told Iran that the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf are its property ?! The Persians are definitely getting there! How can you sympathize with a country that openly sponsors several terrorist organizations and hangs poets, writers and artists "unwanted by the regime" ?! If Iran is against the United States, then it is good, 90% of Russians think so, and this is a quiet horror !!!
    1. gorenina91
      gorenina91
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      21 July 2019 11: 39
      Yes, yes ... the whole world has already forgotten (what a short memory) how several years ago "progressive Iran" announced a deadly hunt for the writer of Indian descent Salman Rushdie for allegedly offending Muslim religious feelings (offending Allah ) ...
      It was necessary to come up with such a thing ... And the whole world turned a blind eye to this ... And if Iran had nuclear weapons then? You can only imagine in horror films what could happen ... Even Sev. Korea is more adequate in this regard ...
      And today, Iran is trying to pretend to be a modern, progressive state ... And Russia favors Iran in almost everything ... Even to the detriment of itself, it is trying to make it a victorious competitor in providing the whole world with high-quality and relatively inexpensive (compared to Russian oil) Iranian oil ...
      Why does Russia need all this ... Well, here we can only guess ... Apparently, this is the modern "great Russian strategy" ... It's just ...
    2. maidan.izrailovitch
      maidan.izrailovitch
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      21 July 2019 17: 34

      Who told Iran ...

      And who told the Georgians that Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be part of Georgia? This is a lie.
      1. Nick
        Nick
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        22 July 2019 01: 57

        Quote: maidan.izrailovitch
        Who told Iran ...

        And who told the Georgians that Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be part of Georgia? This is a lie.

        Georgia is not a state that has no opportunity to be independent. When the Persians reduced the number of Georgians (Kartvels) to 50 thousand, Georgia rushed under the wing of the white Russian tsar, with a request to accept Orthodox Georgians of the same faith into Russia. When Russia pacified the Persians in the Caucasus, and the Georgians multiplied up to 3,5 million, Georgia decided that now it was time to declare the Russians occupiers in order to please a richer and more generous sponsor, despite the difference in religion. IMHO, Georgia behaves like a woman with "low social responsibility". This did not lead to good for the Georgians.