Iran demands UK release of oil tanker held in Gibraltar

British marines guards have seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Ibraltar for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions.

Information has it that the step angered Tehran and could escalate its confrontation with the west.

The tanker was impounded in the British territory on the southern tip of Spain after sailing around Africa

Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador in an objection to the illegal and unacceptable seizure of its ship.

US national security advisory John Bolton said the British move was good news.