The British have seized an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

[sooda]

1. The Latest: Oil tanker stopped off Gibraltar at US request ...
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   Jul 04, 2019 · TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Spain’s caretaker foreign minister says a tanker stopped off Gibraltar and suspected of taking oil to Syria was intercepted by British authorities after a request from the United States.
   
   
2. Oil supertanker bound for Syria held in Gibraltar | USA ...
   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/oil-supertanker-bound-syria-held-gibraltar-uk...
   Oil supertanker bound for Syria held in Gibraltar. Gilbraltar says tanker transporting crude oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions, as Spain says move made at US request.
   
   
3. Oil tanker bound for Syria detained in Gibraltar - BBC News
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48865030
   Jul 04, 2019 · Royal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions, the government of Gibraltar has said. Authorities said there was reason to believe the ship
   

 

[Revoltingest]

I wonder what would happen if Iran detained a US ship?

The Brits....they make good lackeys though.

 

[sooda]

I wonder what would happen if Iran detained a US ship?

The Brits....they make good lackeys though.

I hate this sort of stuff.
What can the Iranians do about it?

Iran slams Royal Marines’ ‘illegal and destructive ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9433532/royal-marines-seize-supertanker-gibraltar
10 hours ago · Iran slams Royal Marines’ ‘illegal and destructive’ seizure of supertanker off Gibraltar and warns it could dramatically escalate tensions in the Gulf. ... The two ships - Japan’s Kokuka ...

Iran sure took the long way around to get oil to Syria.

 

[David T]

Jack sparrow lives!!

 

[sooda]

Jack sparrow lives!!
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Do you see the scope of the problem for Iran?

 

[David T]

Do you see the scope of the problem for Iran?

Details facts etc.
We are talking politics for petes sake.
fantasy with consequences!!!!

 

[Revoltingest]

What can the Iranians do about it?

Any number of things....cyber attack, abuse the British ambassador, etc, etc.

 

[sooda]

Details facts etc.
We are talking politics for petes sake.
fantasy with consequences!!!!

Makes that a very expensive 2 million barrels of crude.


The seized Iranian tanker took a 14,000-mile detour around Africa in a possible attempt to sneak a shipment of crude oil to Syria

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The seized Iranian tanker took a 14,000-mile detour around Africa in a possible attempt to sneak a shipment of crude oil to Syria


The much more ordinary route for such a journey would be via the Suez Canal in Egypt, which links the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

That journey would have been just over 3,600 miles, according to Sea Distances, potentially saving the Grace 1 an extra 10,000 miles round Africa.