Iran has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it says is the illegal seizure of golden knights vs ducks an Iranian oil tanker.
Royal Marines were involved in a "brave" and "bold" operation to seize an Iranian supertanker thought to be carrying oil heading to Bashar al-Assad's Syria.
The marines worked alongside authorities in Gibraltar to detain the 1,082-foot oil tanker, thought to be heading to the Banyas refinery in Syria, which would have breached European Union sanctions.
Foreign Secretary and prime ministerial hopeful Jeremy Hunt praised the swift actions that denied Assad's "murderous regime" of amitabh bachchan oil.
However there are now fears an international diplomatic row has been stoked.
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