Iran, in a letter to the UN Security Council, said that the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker was necessary to preserve maritime security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran Press/Iran news: Iranian Permanent Mission to the UN, in this letter, said that the British-flagged Stena Impero collided with a fishing boat on Friday and ignored warnings from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

The letter emphasized that Iran's seizure of the oil tanker,  aimed at preserving the maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz and was in accordance with international laws, Iran Press reported. 

On July 19, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy captured British oil tanker Stena Impero for violating international maritime laws when crossing the high-traffic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

The taker was transferred to the port of Iran’s southern city of Bandar Abbas for maritime casualty investigation.

Iran's seizure of the UK tanker came almost one month after London seized an Iranian supertanker for allegedly violating unilateral European Union sanctions on Syria. 101

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