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Britain Drafts Plans to Sanction Iran in Tanker-Quarrel

Jamie Dettmer

   British officials are drawing up plans to target Iran with sanctions
   for its seizing of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait off
   Hormuz, and it may urge European Union countries to reimpose sanctions
   that were lifted in 2016 as part of Tehran's agreement to curb its
   nuclear program.

   The British government is under strong pressure from lawmakers to act
   decisively in the sharply escalating diplomatic quarrel between the two
   countries, but there's growing domestic criticism in the House of
   Commons about the lack of naval protection for British tankers in the
   Strait.

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