Iran releases 7 crew members from captured British tanker

[TomSea]

Iran releases 7 crew members from captured British tanker
By  Clyde Hughes

Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Iranian officials said Wednesday they have released a British crew of seven from a tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz this summer.

The Iranian Revolution Guards Corps seized the Stena Impero tanker on July 19, accusing it of ignoring distress calls after it hit a fishing boat and traveling the wrong path when it entered the Strait of Hormuz. The capture followed the British seizure of an Iranian tanker in Gibraltar.

Abbas Mousavi, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said Wednesday's release was humanitarian in nature.

Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/09/04/Iran-releases-7-crew-members-from-captured-British-tanker/9071567593947/

[Fishrrman]

Back when this happened, I predicted the Brits would do little or nothing in the way of retaliation to free this crew.

Then... months went by.
Looks like I was right.