Khamenei vows Iran will respond to UK 'piracy' over tanker seizure

Reuters

Published Jul 16, 2019 06:14AM ET

Khamenei vows Iran will respond to UK 'piracy' over tanker seizure

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday Iran would respond to Britain's "piracy" over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.

Iran has called on Britain to immediately release the oil tanker, which was seized by British Royal Marines on suspicion it was breaking European sanctions by taking oil to Syria.