UK summons Iranian ambassador after oil tanker drone attack

Foreign Office says Iran must immediately cease actions that risk international peace and security'

Britain has summoned the Iranian ambassador to London for a meeting at the Foreign Office, accusing Tehran of an unlawful attack" by a drone that killed a British citizen on a ship off Oman last week.

James Cleverly, a Foreign Office minister, stressed to Mohsen Baharvand, the ambassador, that Iran must immediately cease actions that risk international peace and security", and reinforced that vessels must be allowed to navigate freely in accordance with international law".