Swordsmyth
07-22-2019, 06:38 PM
The responsibility to free the British-flagged oil tanker seized last week by Iran (https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts/iran) “falls to the United Kingdom,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Fox & Friends" Monday, while warning the “whole world is waking up to the fact that this [Iranian] threat is real.”
The comments from Pompeo come as British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a fresh call for Iran to release the Stena Impero ship and its 23-person crew. The vessel, which was captured Friday in the Strait of Hormuz (https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-uk-operated-tanker-seized-strait-of-hormuz), currently is anchored (https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:55.567/centery:27.066/zoom:13) outside the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
“The responsibility…falls to the United Kingdom to take care of their ships,” Pompeo said when asked what role the U.S should play in the matter. “
More at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pompeo-says-uk-must-free-captured-tanker
The comments from Pompeo come as British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a fresh call for Iran to release the Stena Impero ship and its 23-person crew. The vessel, which was captured Friday in the Strait of Hormuz (https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-uk-operated-tanker-seized-strait-of-hormuz), currently is anchored (https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:55.567/centery:27.066/zoom:13) outside the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
“The responsibility…falls to the United Kingdom to take care of their ships,” Pompeo said when asked what role the U.S should play in the matter. “
More at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pompeo-says-uk-must-free-captured-tanker