Jeremy Hunt warns Iran of 'serious consequences' over tanker seizure - video
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The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said on Saturday morning that Britain’s response would be ‘considered but robust’ if the British-flagged Stena Impero was not released, although he said the government was not contemplating military action. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had captured the British-flagged tanker, announcing the move two weeks after the British navy seized an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar, on suspicion of shipping oil to Syria in violation of an EU embargo
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