Britain’s
seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibraltar last week will not be “unanswered”,
Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on
Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“Capture
of the Iranian oil tanker based on fabricated excuses... will not be unanswered
and when necessary Tehran will give appropriate answer,” Bagheri said.
British
Royal Marines boarded the ship, Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar on Thursday
and seized it over accusations it was breaking sanctions by taking oil to
Syria.
