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Global Tensions Mount Over Iran's Seizure of British Oil Tanker

Steve Herman

   VOA National Security Correspondent Jeff Seldin contributed to this
   report.

   WHITE HOUSE - Global tensions continue to mount over Iran's seizure of
   a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, with Britain
   issuing a stern warning to Tehran and the Islamic Republic maintaining
   the seizure was a "reciprocal" move.

   Britain's Foreign Office said Saturday it summoned Iran's Charge
   d'Affaires in London, one day after British Foreign Secretary Jeremy
   Hunt said Tehran "may be choosing a dangerous path of illegal and
   destabilizing behavior" and warned Britain's "reaction will be
   considered but robust."

   Iran's powerful Guardian Council said Saturday the seizure was in
   response to Britain's participation in the capture two weeks ago of an
   Iranian oil tanker transporting more than 2 million gallons of Iranian
   crude oil near the British territory of Gibraltar on Spain's southern
   coast.
   

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