Ex-military chief urges Iran to seize UK ship in Gibraltar tit-for-tat
by Dan Sabbagh and Stephen Burgen from World news | The Guardian on (#4JJ4S)
Former leader of Revolutionary Guard says impounded Iranian oil tanker must be released
A former leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said the Islamic Republic should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to the UK military detaining an Iranian vessel off the coast of Gibraltar.
Mohsen Rezaei, who led the Guard during Iran's 1980s "tanker war" in the Persian Gulf, made the comments the day after nearly 30 Royal Marines were deployed to impound the oil tanker Grace 1.
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