@Nicholas O’Halloran: you really need to ask ? Wake up

@Nicholas O’Halloran: because he didnt think of it first

If usa and uk can do tit for tat then so can iran

@paul: pretty sure he’s joking..

@paul: Paul, I am sure Iran will release the tanker once they know that it’s not going to or coming from a regime that Iran has sanctions on. Iran has sanctions on countries too, not just england.

@Cal Mooney: go on then cal, which countries does Iran have sanctions against ?

@paul: Well, if you aren’t smart enough to use Google and have no knowledge of the middle East, without even googling, I know they have sanctions against Israel. Now, if you are man enough to admit you didn’t know that, can you Google which other countries Iran has sanctions on instead of trying to go at me.

@paul: please tell me why?

@Aidan10: Moran

@paul: hon Iran, Allah akbar

@Cal Mooney: oh i know how to google. It’s your constant barrage against the”English “. It’s a British boat. Nowhere does it say its English. Can you admit it ? By the way, if you hate the English that much, why don’t you stop using the language. Thalla a chluiche le do deideagan.

@Thewestisbest: I haven’t seen any claims anywhere by any media suggesting Iran plans to murder english civilians by bombing them. Only england and their puppet master suggest such things.

@Attilio: probably not. There are no British crew on the ships. Probably Philippino or some other poor country nationality. Will make the Iranians look even worse. Fairly risk free causus belli for US, UK and Israel. EU will have to get off the fence. Wonder what the Russians and Chinese will do?

@Dave O: I am sure the Iranians will not harm the civilians aboard the ship. Not sure the Americas or the Israeli will do the same. The Russians will back Iran at least with words

@Dave O: Genuine question, do you believe england should be allowed to arrest captain and officers of ships who are peacefully passing through the straits and only entrance to the Mediteranean who pose no military threat? And do you genuinely believe the Iranians should be held to a different standard in the Straits of Hormuz?

@Cal Mooney: I am not trying to state an opinion either way although I do tend to sympathise with the Syrians who were the intended recipients of the original shipments. This probably isn’t about right /wrong, more about win lose. Yanks have been nursing a grudge since 79 and the Iranian regime are no angels. US, UK, Saudis and Israelis won’t tolerate their missiles or nukes. The people most likely to suffer will be the average Iranians who are mostly OK I hear from friends who have been there. It would be sensible for the Iranians to back down but they probably won’t.

@Dave O: I like your sentiment, but I hope you agree that this is a case of White is right. If you support Iran, you are against england and the US who for almost 30 years have declared they want regime change in Iran because they want control of Iran’s resources.

@paul: Should england be held to the same standards at the entrance to the mefiterannean as the Iranians are held to in the Hormuz Straits. If one country arbitrarily passes a law 24 hours in advance of seizing a non military vessel before seizing it, shouldn’t the other country be supported in doing the same? Or do the english consider themselves superior and think they can do what they want?

@munsterman: you won’t be saying that when fuel price go sky high!

@paul: no reason for any country to respect the sanctions of another. It’s not law for that country.

@paul: Cal is spot on, even if it was going to Syria it was the UK enacting Trumps tearing up of the agreement even in contravention of the still existing EU deal still in place. Puppets and Muppets is what we’re dealing with here, and people here will back Iran v Trump.

@paul: you may wish to read the sanctions: they are precluded to export jet fuel not to import oil…

@Billy McNamara:
Read the srticle again, more slowly this time.

@Billy McNamara: Iran doesn’t have sanctions on Syria. But many groups illegally smuggle oil out of Iran and sell it abroad. I am sure once england can prove where the oil was drilled that Iran will release the tanker. Very hard to prove, but you have to let the law take its course. I am sure you agree.

@The Great Unwashed: So you definitely support Iran for upholding international maritime law in the same vigor that england are holding the Iranian tanker in Gibraltar. Both events are supposedly under the banner if upholding laws. We know england flouts laws at will. Unusual for Iran to do it. Let’s wait and see.

@Cal Mooney: The Stena Impero was empty, it was on the way to Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, to pick up a cargo of oil. Also, the UK seized the Iranian vessel, the MT Grace 1, on July 4th because they claimed it was on its way to Syria with a delivery of oil.

The UK and US are imposing an oil embargo on Syria. The UK via Gibraltar and cite EU sanctions law to support their seizure of the Iranian ship and the US are imposing an oil blockade via occupying eastern Syrian territory previously occupied by ISIS, where Syria’s richest oil/gas reserves are. Previously, the Syrian government was able to buy oil on the black market, with the fall of ISIS, this source has dried up.

https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/syria-s-fuel-crisis-is-only-hurting-civilians-not-the-assad-regime-1.855981

@David Jordan: Yeah, u missed have missed the point where Gibraltar parliament were told by england to pass a law making it legal only 24 hrs before they seized the Iranian tanker. england needs to accept that it doesn’t have the Naval power to terrorize the whole world anymore and the seizure if the two tanker just proves their game of bluff shows every country how they are a spent force. Even Iran could take out anything the english throw at them.

@Cal Mooney: Have to laugh. You and these other guys think your all bleedin Saul Berensons.

@Donwon999: That is A fantastic response to people calling out that Iran is only applying the same logic england applied when they seized by force the Iranian tanker. Are you of those people that support england carrying out piracy but condemn other countries and people for using the same system to send a response? Are the english superior in your eyes?

@Billy McNamara: the oil price will rocket

@Cal Mooney: I don’t think either of us completely know all the facts. The British detained a ship carrying 2.1 million litres of oil supposedly destined for Syria of which the EU has an embargo. Who’s to say this wasn’t justified as I’m sure it’s not the innocent people of Syria who’d be benefitting . The Gilbralteese port in which the ship was detained is within the EU. Remember all the refugees fleeing their country? Well the EUs stance is against the regeme and ISIS who are causing this exodus.

@Thewestisbest: If you think Britain can take on Iran and win, you are in an Alternate Reality. The USA could barely handle Iraq. Iran is 5 times the size of Iraq, Its Mountainous in large areas of it, Its Elite Troops are one of the Best in the World. They have shown time and time again to face down any Super Power, and the UK is far from a Super Power. Iran Know how to hit Ships with their fast agile speed boats, highly undetectable to radar. The troops on those boats are like Navy Seals, at night time they could easily place a mine on a UK ship and destroy it.

@Fred Cahill: Both the UK and the US could obliterate the Iranian navy and Air Force in a couple of days, and if they were arsed could topple Iran in a couple of years on the ground.

@Peter Buchanan: possibly slightly bigger than the part time Irish flotilla …. sorry pocket navy. Nice to feel so smug and superior but I wonder where and how Ireland sources its oil?

@Cal Mooney: You logged in with the wrong account…thought it was Wally Mooney. Bit sad the anti-uk stance…up the Iran

@Mushy Peas: 100 percent agreed. But england reminds me of that geriatric patient who still thinks he can box like he did in the 1950s and is always mumbling stuff like ‘come in, I dare you’ while his much younger family stare down at their shoes and say apologize. Someone will eventually put manners on them, and maybe the exasperated family will let him take a few knocks before carting him away.

@Cal Mooney: put manners on them ? Haha. By the way, why do you keep saying English ? The ship is British, could be Welsh for all you know

@paul: the Welsh never invaded any country that I know of and then told that country when it comes to foreign relations, you have no veto. Correct me if I am wrong.

@paul: he is anti British obviously

@Cal Mooney: i never said Welsh invaded any country. Get you facts straight.

@Don: the old saying “don’t kick a sleeping dog”

@Cal Mooney: hehe, your English hate coming out !

@Cal Mooney: It was on behalf of the EU . You are the EU are you not .

@Cal Mooney: Love to see the Iranians try take on a British military ship of some kind, you’d get your answer fairly quick.

@John Smith: U might want to read a little before making comments in future. Gibraltar was told to propose, debate and implement a new law that made the seizure of the Iranian ship legal only 24 hours before the english seized the ship. Without that law, it would have constituted piracy under international law. Go look it up.

@Cal Mooney: You might want to do a bit of reading yourself. It clearly says above that authorities suspected the tanker was carrying crude oil to Syria which is a violation of EU sanctions. I’ll ask you again . You are the EU are you not . The same EU that is enforcing sanctions against Syria .

@John Smith: he’s missed your comment …. twice. He’s Kinda a far left wing version of Trump. Only selective facts matter!

@John Smith: they are Trump sanctions, EU never changed the deal.