AS A RADIO EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE
BRITISH NAVY AND AN IRANIAN
PATROL BOAT HAS NOW BEEN MADE
PUBLIC.
TREY YINGST IS LIVE THE
JERUSALEM NEWSROOM WITH MORE.
REPORTER: LAURA, INFORMATION
TODAY IS SHUTTING DOWN THE
IRANIAN SEIZURE OF A BRITISH
OIL TANKER ON FRIDAY.
NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO DOES SHOW
A DRAMATIC SCENE AS IRANIAN
TROOPS ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS
REPEL FROM A HELICOPTER TO
BOARD THE BRITISH FLAG VESSEL.
IT WAS CARRYING NO CARGO AHEAD
OF CREW OF 23 PEOPLE ON BOARD.
RADIO TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN THE
BRITISH AND IRANIANS PAINT A
PICTURE ABOUT HOW THE EVENT
UNFOLDED.
AS A RAINY MILITARY VESSEL
DEMANDS THE BRITISH TANKER
ALTER ITS COURSE.
A BRITISH MILITARY SHIP TRIES
TO EXPLAIN A REQUEST IS A
VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> THE BRITISH TANKER WAS
ULTIMATELY TAKEN INTO IRANIAN
CUSTODY REMAINS PETE OVER THE
WEEKEND BRITISH FOREIGN
MINISTER JEREMY HUNT CALLED HIM
A TANKER TO BE RELEASED AFTER
SAYING THE SEIZURE APPEARS TO
BE A TIT-FOR-TAT SITUATION
AFTER THE BRITISH RETAIN THE
REMAINING OIL TANKER EARLIER
THIS MONTH SUSPECTED TRYING TO
DELIVER OIL TO SYRIA.
BRITAIN MAINTAINS TAKE AN
IRANIAN SHIP WAS LEGAL AS A
DEFENSE SECRETARY SEDONA IRAN
TAKEN THE BRITISH TANKER WAS
ILLEGAL.
>> IT IS ABSOLUTE CLEAR, I
SPOKE TO A MARITIME COMMANDER
IN THE REGION TODAY.
EARLY THIS MORNING, IT'S VERY
CLEAR THAT THERE, THE SHIP WAS
IN THE WATERS THIS IS A HOSTILE
ACT.
REPORTER: THE ALSO STOP A
SECOND TANKER IN THE GULF ON
FRIDAY.
IT WAS ULTIMATELY RELEASED.
BOTH ACTIONS HAVE LED THE
UNITED STATES AND ALLIES TO
