Iran links tanker row with Britain to breach of ailing nuclear programme
VIENNA: Iran said on Sunday it considered Britain’s seizure of an Iranian oil tanker a breach of the ailing 2015 nuclear deal, after the remaining parties to the accord met in Vienna in another attempt to salvage the agreement.
Authorities in Britain detained an Iranian tanker off the UK overseas territory of Gibraltar in early July on allegations that it was breaching the European Union (EU) sanctions on Syria.
A British-flagged tanker was then impounded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards with its 23 crew aboard in the Strait of Hormuz on 19 July, which was seen by the UK as a tit-for-tat move.
