Tasnim: The video shows the IRGC navy special forces are boarding the tanker using a Mi-17 chopper.
According to Head of the IRGC Public Relations Department General Ramezan Sharif, a British warship was escorting the tanker in time of operation.
The IRGC’s Public Relations Department said in a statement on Friday that the vessel named “Stena Impero” had been impounded “at the request of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organization when passing through the Strait of Hormuz, for failing to respect international maritime rules.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said the country’s military forces captured the British-flagged oil tanker to “uphold international maritime rules”.
The vessel had switched off its GPS locator, in contravention of international regulations, and was sailing into the strait in a wrong traffic pattern.
UK-flagged tanker Stena Impero
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