Five armed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats attempted to seize control of a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday, according to CNN.
The British ship was crossing into the Strait of Hormuz when the Iranian ships ordered the tanker to stop in Iranian waters. The U.K.’s Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose, which was escorting the tanker from the rear, gave the Iranian ships a verbal warning to stop, and they obliged.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Britain earlier in the day for previously seizing an Iranian tanker.
“The British unjustifiably seized the tanker in territorial waters of Spain where they occupy, as well as Gibraltar,” he said, according to Rouhani’s press office. “We must all work hard to ensure full security in shipping lines throughout the world, and I tell the British that they are the initiator of insecurity and you will understand its consequences later.”
The U.S. had an aircraft overhead, which recorded the incident.
