Britain Says No To Swapping Seized Oil Tankers With Iran

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Military tensions are high between London and Tehran after the U.K. denied a plan to swap oil tankers with Iran. Britain recently seized Iran’s oil tanker off British territory, claiming it breached E.U. sanctions. Afterwards, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a British tanker in retaliation. Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father suggested swapping tankers, the plan did not go through. According to Business Insider, the U.K.