Iran’s Revolutionary Guards spokesman Brigadier-General Ramezan Sharif was quoted by Fars news agency as saying on Saturday that a warship was escorting British-flagged Stena Empero and tried to prevent Iran from holding it.
He added that the Revolutionary Guards, was able to take the carrier to the coast despite the “resistance and interference” of the British warship, the British Ministry of Defense declined to comment on the news.
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