The arrest on Thursday of a Panama-flagged oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, on suspicion of carrying Iranian crude oil destined for Syria, has embroiled the UK in a diplomatic spat with Iran and Spain (IOD Jul.5’19). Hours after authorities in Gibraltar impounded the Grace 1 tanker with the help of the UK’s Royal Marines, Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the UK ambassador to Tehran to raise its “very strong objection to the illegal and unacceptable seizure” of the 2 million barrel tanker, which it said was a “form of piracy." Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said it was Iran’s “duty to seize a British oil tanker,” if the ship were not released.
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机译：在直布罗陀海岸的巴拿马标记的油轮周四逮捕，涉嫌携带伊朗原油注定为叙利亚的原油，在与伊朗和西班牙的外交吐息（IOD 7UL.5'19）中挑起了英国。 在英国的皇家海军陆战队员的帮助下，直布罗陀当局的工作时间扣除了恩典1辆奶嘴，伊朗的外交部召集了英国大使向德黑兰提出了200万桶油轮的“对非法和不可接受的癫痫发作”的“非常强烈反对” 它说是一种“盗版形式。”伊朗至高无上领袖Ayatollah Ali Khamenei的高级顾问Mohsen Rezaei表示，如果船舶未被释放，这是伊朗的“责备英国油轮”。
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