Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday (July 19) and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had captured the British-flagged Stena Impero, announcing the move two weeks after the British navy seized an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said the second vessel, the British-operated Mesdar, had not been seized. It said the ship had been allowed to continue its course after being given a warning over safety and environmental issues.

Iran seizes British oil tanker, Indians among 23 crew members on board

India is facing the unintended consequence of Iran's tiff with the United Kingdom as New Delhi tries for early release of its citizens from the seized UK oil tanker Stena Impero.

India faces unintended consequences of Iran-UK tiff, tries for early release of nationals aboard seized British vessel 

Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday (July 19) and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. New visuals of the incident have been released now by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. In an exclusive conversation with WION, the British High Commission to India has said that the UK has been deeply concerned over Iran's activities in the Persian Gulf. The High Commission said that UK ships have been advised to stay out of the Strait of Hormuz for an interim period.

Watch: Iran taking control of UK ship

Iran's seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz has ramped up tensions in the Gulf region after the US military claimed it had downed an Iranian drone.

Western allies back UK over tanker seizure

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday (July 19) they had captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf after Britain seized an Iranian vessel this month, ratcheting up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Britain said it was urgently seeking information about the Stena Impero after the tanker, which had been heading to a port in Saudi Arabia, suddenly changed course after passing through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf. A second tanker, the British-operated Mesdar, also made a sharp change of direction in the Gulf around the same time. But the Guards made no mention of a second vessel. Relations between Iran and the West have become increasingly tense since British naval forces seized an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar on July 4 on suspicion of smuggling oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions.

Iranian forces: Seized British-flagged oil tanker in Gulf

The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero must go through a legal process because it violated maritime regulations, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt in a phone call on Saturday, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported.

Detained British-flagged tanker must go through legal process: Iran's foreign minister

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the United States needed Iran to "come to the table" for negotiations, amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran in the Gulf that have impacted global oil markets. Pompeo, speaking at a counter-terrorism summit in Buenos Aires, also repeated an offer from U.S. President Donald Trump for talks without preconditions.

Pompeo says Iran needs to 'come to the table' for talks as tensions rise

In an exclusive conversation with WION, the British High Commission to India has said that UK has been deeply concerned over Iran's action in the Persian Gulf. The High Commission said that UK ships have been advised to stay out of the Strait of Hormuz for an interim period. This is after Iran seized British oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. Watch this video to know more.

WION Exclusive: UK ships advised to avoid Strait of Hormuz

The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was in an accident with an Iranian fishing boat and ignored its distress call, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Saturday, quoting an official.

Iran says UK-flagged tanker was in accident with fishing boat and 'ignored distress call'

Three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit dies of cardiac arrest at 81 Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit breathed her last on Saturday in the national capital.

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India is in touch with the Government of Iran to secure the early release and repatriations of Indian nationals who were onboard the UK-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran, the MEA said on Saturday.

Ministry of External Affairs in touch with Iran to secure release of Indians onboard seized British vessel

Iran opened an investigation on Saturday into a British-flagged tanker it alleges collided with a fishing vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions mount in the strategic waterway.

Iran probes British-flagged tanker seized in Strait of Hormuz after 'collision'

Iran had vowed retaliation after seizure

President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the US had taken down an Iranian drone that was threatening a US naval vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, despite denials from Tehran.

'No doubt about it, we shot it down,' says Trump on Iranian drone

An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shi'ite paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, the army and paramilitary sources said.

Iraqi militias bombed by unmanned aircraft, one killed: Security sources

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The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly too closely to its ships and has "clear evidence" that it shot down such a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said on Friday.

If they fly too close to our ships, they’ll continue to be shot down: US on shooting down Iranian drone

Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of accusations that it was smuggling oil with the crew of 12 people. Watch the full video to know more.

Iran seizes foreign oil tanker in Gulf

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they would release images to disprove US President Donald Trump's assertion that the US Navy has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf, Iranian news agencies reported.

Will release images to disprove US claim that drone was shot down: Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33 A man shouted "die" as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at least 33 people in the nation's worst mass murder in nearly two decades.

Oil prices rose about 1% on Thursday after Iran said it had seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf amid rising tensions between Tehran and the West over the safety of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital gateway for energy exports.

Oil prices rise after Iran says it seized foreign tanker in Gulf

Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of accusations that it was smuggling oil with the crew of 12 people. Watch full video to know more.

Iranian forces seize foreign oil tanker in Gulf

Fifteen people were killed and 28 wounded after a minibus carrying migrants overturned in eastern Turkey on Thursday, the private news agency DHA reported. Women and children figured among the victims and their nationalities were not known.

15 migrants killed in Turkey after minibus overturns; nationality unknown

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