Iran Press/America: "Excellent news: UK has detained the supertanker Grace I laden with Iranian oil bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions," John Bolton tweeted on Thursday.
"America & our allies will continue to prevent regimes in Tehran & Damascus from profiting off this illicit trade," he claimed according to Reuters report.
British Royal Marines stationed in Gibraltar seized the supertanker on Thursday accusing it of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of European Union (EU) sanctions against the Arab country.
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the UK ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire for the illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker.
"We declared to the ambassador that this move amounts to strange unconventionality, because the sanctions that they have announced are not based on the Security Council [resolutions] and the Islamic Republic of Iran does not accept this measure,” Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Moussavi said. 101
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Iran summons UK envoy over 'illegal seizure' of supertanker in Gibraltar
