Stena Impero, a British- flagged vessel possessed by Stena Bulk, is seen at Bandar Abbas port, July 21, 2019. Picture taken July 21, 2019. Iran, Mizan News Agency/ WANA Handout by means of REUTERS

BANGKOK, Aug 1 (Reuters)– Britain on Thursday dismissed trading an Iranian vessel restrained by Gibraltar for a British- flagged vessel confiscated by Iran in theGulf

“We are not going to barter: if people or nations have detained UK-flagged illegally then the rule of law and rule of international law must be upheld,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claimed while on a vacation to Bangkok.

“We are not going to barter a ship that was detained legally with a ship that was detained illegally: that’s not the way that Iran will come in from the cold,” he claimed. “So I am afraid some kind of barter or haggle or linkage is not on the table.”

Tensions have actually increased in between Iran and also Britain considering that after Iranian task forces took a British- flagged vessel last month. That followed British pressures caught an Iranian oil vessel near Gibraltar, implicated of going against assents onSyria (Writing byGuy Faulconbridge Editing by Andrew MacAskill)

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