boarded<\/a> an unnamed vessel at anchor in the Gulf of Oman but the ship was later released.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The UKMTO said on Wednesday that Tuesday\u2019s episode was \u201cassessed to be an isolated incident of state-based intervention, with no wider threat to maritime\u00a0shipping\u00a0in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Last year Iran\u2019s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) detained a Swedish-owned tanker which was held for weeks in Iran after Britain had earlier detained an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
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Ambrey Intelligence said the IRGC had stepped up activity in recent weeks throughout the Strait of Hormuz, hailing ships via VHF radio systems and conducting brief interdictions. It added that such activity should be viewed in the context of \u201cdomestic pressures related to sanctions\u201d.<\/p>\n
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The United States re-imposed tough sanctions on Iran in 2018 after Washington pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, raising tensions and hitting the Middle Eastern oil producer\u2019s economy. (Reporting by Jonathan Saul, additional reporting by Dubai and Hong Kong bureaux Editing by Gareth Jones)<\/p>\n
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