Did Iran Try To Block British Tanker? Tensions worsen in the Strait of Hormuz. Britain says that Iran tried to 'impede' its tanker. Iran calls Britain's allegations 'worthless'. Iran's Revolutionary Guards have previously hinted at capturing a British tanker after Britain captured Iran's tanker last week. This escalation comes amidst worsening ties between Iran and the U.S. Palki explains the significance.

Gravitas: Tensions worsen in Strait of Hormuz

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Britain is not seeking to escalate the situation with Iran, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday, as tensions continue between London and Tehran over a seized Iranian tanker and the passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

UK says it does not want to increase tension with Iran

Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf and asked it to stop in Iranian waters, but withdrew after a British warship warned them, U.S. officials said. Watch this video to know more.

US: Iranian boats try to seize UK tanker in the Gulf

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Iran attempted to seize British tanker, fended off by warship HMS Montrose: Report Iran's President Hassan Rouhani had warned Britain of "consequences" over the detention of one of the country's oil tankers off the coast of Gibraltar.

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Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency on July 10 slammed US sanctions against Iran, calling them "economic terrorism". Watch this video to know more.

Iran hits out at U.S. in IAEA meet

India, China watch keenly as Sri Lanka negotiates new military deal with US As India scrambles to counter China's expanding footprint in Sri Lanka, negotiation over a military pact with the US threatens to split the strategically located Indian Ocean island's polity again.

The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points.

World's most important oil transit path: The strait of Hormuz

Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf - before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Iranian boats tried to intercept British tanker

Russia on Thursday blamed Washington for the escalation in tensions with Tehran after Britain said Iranian ships had attempted to impede a British oil tanker in Gulf waters.

Russia blames United States over Gulf tanker incident

U.S. Top Pentagon General has said that they are working to put together an international military coalition to protect all tankers that travel on the coast of Iran and Yemen.

U.S. moots coalition to patrol Iran coast

All Iran's nuclear activities are monitored by the UN atomic watchdog policing its nuclear deal with major powers, its ambassador to the watchdog said on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said it was secretly enriching uranium.

'We have nothing to hide', Iran envoy replies to Trump allegation

U.S. wants an international military coalition to safeguard waters off Iran & Yemen amid tensions in the region following attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf. Watch this video to know more on the story.

U.S. wants an international military coalition

WION Speed News: Watch top national and international news of the morning - July 10th, 2019

Iran's release last month of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese businessman with US permanent residency, after four years in prison was meant as an opening for US-Iranian talks, according to three Western sources familiar with the issue.

Iran's release of Lebanese prisoner was failed overture to US

The US Treasury placed two Hezbollah members of Lebanon's parliament on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday - the first time Washington has taken aim at the Iran-allied group's elected politicians.

In a first, US puts two Hezbollah lawmakers on sanctions blacklist

The United States will use an emergency meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog's board on Wednesday to raise pressure on Iran over breaches of its nuclear deal, but diplomats expect no concrete action as parties to the deal considers their next move.

US and Iran to clash over nuclear deal breach at UN watchdog meeting

US President Donald Trump discussed the standoff over Iran's nuclear program with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday, the White House said. The two leaders 'discussed ongoing efforts to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon and to end Iran's destabilizing behaviour in the Middle East,' the White House said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump has discussed Iran nuclear standoff with Macron: White House

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that Israel's fighter jets "can reach anywhere in the Middle East, including Iran," in his latest comments directed at his country's arch-foe.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israel's jets 'can reach' Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Iran on Tuesday that it is within range of Israeli air strikes, citing what he described as Iranian threats to destroy Israel.

Netanyahu warns Iran it is within range of Israeli air strikes

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Iran has pressed Britain to release the captured Iranian oil tanker and called its seizure "maritime piracy", Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday. British Royal Marines impounded the tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday on suspicion it was carrying oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions. Iran denies the vessel was headed to Syria, where the government of President Bashar al-Assad is an ally of Tehran.

Iran urges UK to free captured oil tanker, calling it 'maritime piracy'

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