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#FLASH: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Britain would face “consequences” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker - @Reuters

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#BREAKING: Today five armed IRGC vessels in the Persian Gulf unsuccessfully attempted to seize a British oil tanker according to two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident-CNN via @HamdiAlkhshali

BREAKING: Five armed #Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [#IRGC] boats in the #Persian Gulf Wednesday unsuccessfully tried to seize a #British oil tanker according to two US officials with direct knowledge of the incident. CNN

The #British #Heritage tanker was transiting out of the #Persian Gulf and was crossing into the Strait of #Hormuz area when it was approached by the #Iran-ian boats.

The #Iran-ians ordered the tanker to change course and stop in nearby Iranian territorial waters according to the officials. A US aircraft was overhead and recorded video of the incident.

🚨 #BREAKING Turkish forces turn off the floodlights on the border on front of Lattakia countryside.

Me trying to cover everything in the Middle East right now... https://t.co/1nWGQ3YXOi

@HamdiAlkhshali @IntelCrab HMS Montrose, a Type 23 frigate, is travelling with the British Heritage tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, according to a ship tracking website and a defence source.

#BREAKING: The British oil tanker was reportedly crossing the Strait of Hormuz at the time and was ordered to change course for Iranian waters -@HamdiAlkhshali. This will almost certainly be the British Heritage crude oil tanker (position as of one hour ago…

#BREAKING: The HMS Montrose was escorting the tanker British Heritage at the time. CNN’s @HamdiAlkhshali reports the HMS Montrose trained its deckguns on the Iranian military vessels, gave them a warning to back off, which they did. A US military plane recorded…

Five Iranian IRGC boats unsuccessfully tried to seize a British oil tanker "British Heritage" in the Persian Gulf today, US officials with knowledge of the incident tell @barbarastarrcnn. The Iranians ordered the tanker to change course & stop in nearby Iranian…

As of now fire is under control

#BREAKING: Five IRGC boats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf today. The Iranians ordered the tanker to change course and stop in nearby Iranian territorial waters. HMS Montrose was escorting the tanker and trained its deck guns at them.…

HMS Montrose: A Type-23 frigate. Sea Wolf (surface-to-air missiles), Harpoons, Sting Ray torpedo tubes, 4.5 in Mk8 naval gun, 2 - 30mm DS30 MK2 guns (some use DS30Bs).

Pentagon officials seem to have made this a key element to point out to the media, suggesting its highly probable we get video released pretty soon. https://t.co/1H0zMkzGbp

This incident following a warning from @HassanRouhani that the #UK "will see the consequences" after @RoyalMarines seized an oil tanker of #Iran that was headed to #Syria.

The @RoyalNavy frigate HMS Montrose issued a warning to the IRGC vessels and an escalation was averted, according to military officials.