Senior Revolutionary Guards commander warns, that If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker the British Royal Marines detained off Gibraltar for disregarding EU ban on oil shipments to Syria, it is Iran’s duty to seize a British oil tanker.

BY REUTERS

DUBAI – Iran should seize a British oil tanker if an Iranian tanker detained off Gibraltar earlier this week is not released immediately, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said in a tweet on Friday.

انقلاب اسلامی در طول تاریخ چهل ساله خود، در هیچ معرکه‌ای آغازگر تنش نبوده، اما در پاسخ به زورگویان و گردنکشان، تعلل نکرده و تردید به دل راه نداده است. انگلیس اگر #نفتکش_ایرانی را رفع توقیف نکند، وظیفه دستگاه‌های مسئول، اقدام متقابل و توقیف یک نفتکش انگلیسی است.

— محسن رضایی (@ir_rezaee) July 5, 2019

Iranian Gen. Mohsen Rezai threatens the UK on social media. – Twitter screenshot @HanifJazayeri

British Royal Marines seized the supertanker Grace 1 on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran’s fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West.

“If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities duty to seize a British oil tanker,” said Revolutionary Guards Major General Mohsen Rezai, who is also secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, a powerful state body.

“Islamic Iran in its 40-year history has never initiated hostilities in any battles but has also never hesitated in responding to bullies,” Rezai said on his Twitter account.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Thursday that the Iranian oil tanker was carrying crude oil from Iran, according to the state news agency IRNA.

The Grace 1 was impounded off Gibraltar, a British territory on the southern tip of Spain, after sailing around Africa, the long route from the Middle East to the mouth of the Mediterranean.

Excellent news: UK has detained the supertanker Grace I laden with Iranian oil bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions. America & our allies will continue to prevent regimes in Tehran & Damascus from profiting off this illicit trade.

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) July 4, 2019

While the European Union has banned oil shipments to war-torn Syria, a close ally of Iran, since 2011, it had never seized a tanker at sea. Unlike the United States, Europe does not have broad sanctions against Iran.

View original The Jerusalem Post publication at:
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Guards-commander-Iran-to-seize-UK-oil-tanker-if-Iran-vessel-not-released-594712

Reported!

Question:
If a conflict between Iran & Britain ensues, will the Iranian Bozo threaten to destroy Israel, as they did should Trump attack them?

I’m only asking just in case the UK wants our help.
We have an agent in the area. @TheMossadIL pic.twitter.com/lwmHzMhM6a

— ✡Israel and Stuff✡ (@IsraelandStufff) July 5, 2019

‘as a light unto the nations’