Iran has announced the capture of a British vessel – Telam

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Iran has announced the capture of a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a few hours after denying US President Donald Trump, who had ensured that an Iranian UAV was shot Thursday by an American ship in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf.

While the Iranian and US authorities were discussing from one part of the world to the other whether the drone had been destroyed or not, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the capture of the ship "Stena Impero" accused of He violated international maritime laws, as he crossed the Strait of Hormuz.

A British government source quoted by the EFE news agency said the authorities "were urgently seeking more information" about an incident in the Persian Gulf and were content to say that they were there. in the phase of "evaluation of the event".

In turn, shipping company Stena Bulk said in a statement that she had lost contact with one of her ships after being approached by "unidentified small boats and a helicopter".

The company stopped communicating around 11 pm GMT (12 in Argentina) with the 23 crew members of "Stena Impero".