@MiracleNinja777 @IntelCrab Because some people unaware with maritime tradition and customs will consider the raising of the Iranian flag as some sort of statement. Now, if they had raised the Iranian flag on the stern flagpole (where the UK red ensign will…

Horrific violence in Yuen Long, where groups of men in white shirt used sticks to beat up people in black. A @StandNewsHK reporter streaming the event was herself beaten by several men. The injured reporter is STILL live on Facebook. 154k people watching.…

#BREAKING: Iranian @PressTV showing the Stena Impero docked near Bandar Abbas, Iranian flag was hanged on-top of the ship

Might as well be the skull and crossbones. https://t.co/zs0GIRlsnv

Meanwhile, absolutely astonishing scenes in Yuen Long, where Triad members clad in white are attacking anyone suspected of being a pro-democracy demonstrator (people wearing black are a target as that’s been the dress code for some marches, hence why triads…

VIDEO: Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong attacked by masked men, with protesters alleging they belong to local organised crime gangs (triads). - @online999678 https://t.co/SvFaC0wkXq

Protesters in Hong Kong are getting attacked by masked thugs. Terrifying footage => https://t.co/dsLacbxToz

#UPDATE: UK MoD releases image (top left) from HMS Montrose showing position of British tanker ‘Stena Impero’ in Omani territorial waters when IRGC forces seized it. UK Department for Transport also releases image showing this (top right). This correlates…

#UPDATE: IRGC, among others, continuing to make completely unsubstantiated claims that the British tanker, Stena Impero, had violated maritime rules, regulations & that the IRGC was simply upholding international law by intercepting & seizing the tanker.

Yet public domain data & now official government-released data refute the legality of this action & show IRGC was actually breaking international law by not only impeding the transit of international commerce, but conducting a military operation in Omani…

UK Ministry of Defence HMS Montrose image via BBC’s @bealejonathan and UK Department for Transport image via @transportgovuk.

And they’ll split that toll three ways with the countries the other side of the Strait will they? Daft idea https://t.co/hjJeCOLMWn

"Maximum possible economic sanctions", "Months of confrontation", and “I don’t see at this point in time us being able to offer a concession that can resolve the crisis" Sounds like this is approaching the last straw. https://t.co/Txy9C72St4

USAF Unmanned aerial vehicle Global Hawk RQ-4 AE541A over Persian gulf

*Sigh* I just realised I had colour imagery of the #UAE MT Riah on the 16th July off the coast of Qeshm Naval Base, #Iran accompanied by an Gashti Class #IRGC Partrol Boat after being seized by the #Iran|ian's earlier that week.

Experts from @csis_isp and @CSISEnergy examine recent oil facility and tanker attacks in the Middle East and consider how the U.S. strategy to protect energy flows from the region is evolving: https://t.co/WpCeybxKPf

#BREAKING @realDonaldTrump's envoys will visit Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE during the first week of August. https://t.co/WoQWmOrfK0

9:45am ASCAT pass confirms that #94L remains an open wave for now, but a highly amplified one. It would not take much to become a tiny closed low, though keep in mind, that alone would not be enough for it to qualify as a tropical depression.

#Saudi 🇸🇦 state minister of foreign affairs says #Iran 🇮🇷 must be aware its actions, incl detention of #British 🇬🇧 ship, calling it "completely unacceptable", adding any violation of int'l maritime shipping is a violation of int'l law & that int'l community…

#Saudi 🇸🇦 state minister of foreign affairs says #Iran 🇮🇷 must be aware its actions, incl detention of #British 🇬🇧 ship, calling it "completely unacceptable", adding any violation of int'l maritime shipping is a violation of int'l law & that int'l community…

Any attack on the freedom of navigation is a violation of international law. Iran must realize that its acts of intercepting ships, including most recently the British ship, are completely unacceptable. The world community must take actions to deter such…