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Officials to meet 24 Indians aboard seized Iranian ship tomorrow: MoS MEA
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, on Monday stated that the 24 Indians on board the seized Iranian ship 'Grace 1' in Gibraltar are safe and officials from the High Commission of India in London will be meeting them on July 24.
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Safe passage in Strait of Hormuz 'top priority': UK, France, Germany
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 22 (ANI): Underlining the escalating tensions in the Gulf region after Iran detained a British-flagged tanker, the United Kindom, France and Germany on Saturday agreed that "safe passage" for tankers through the Strait of Hormuz is necessary.
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Twitter suspends accounts of Iran's news outlets
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 21 (ANI): A day after Iran seized a British flagged tanker, Twitter on Saturday reportedly blocked the Farsi-language accounts of three Iranian official and semi-official news agencies.
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Iran sees seized tankers as 'tit for tat situation': UK
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 21 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Saturday said that Iran considers the seizing of British tankers in the Strait of the Hormuz as "tit-for-tat situation" after the detention of Iranian tanker Grace 1 in Gilbrator.
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UK FM expresses 'extreme disappointment' to Tehran over seizure of ship
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 20 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Saturday expressed "extreme disappointment" to his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif during a phone call, just a day after a UK-flagged ship was seized by Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran seizes 2 UK tankers, claims US official
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Iran has seized two British Oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for violating international regulation, said a United States official on Friday.
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US destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): The United States has destroyed an Iranian drone that came 1000 yards close to its warship USS Boxer in the Strait of Hormuz, said President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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Tehran will continue selling oil despite conditions: Iran FM tells Hunt
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 14 (ANI): Speaking to his British counterpart via telephone on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that Tehran will continue selling oil despite the conditions.
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Iranian vessels blocked British commercial vessels, says UK
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): The UK on Thursday confirmed that three Iranian vessels unsuccessfully tried to block the passage of a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz.
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5 Iranian boats unsuccessfully try to seize British tanker
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jul 11 (ANI): At least five boats belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday failed in their attempt to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, amid geopolitical tensions in the region, according to two US officials.
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'Sad Irony,' says Iran as IAEA holds emergency meeting on nuclear deal
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 10 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday termed as a "sad irony" the convening of an emergency meeting by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the behest of the United States despite the Trump administration "ruining" the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Iran warns to detain British oil tanker
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 05 (ANI): Iran on Friday threatened that it will seize a British oil tanker if an Iranian tanker detained in Gibraltar was not immediately released.
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