Bandar Abbas: Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday released footage showing members of its forces seizing a British-flagged tanker Stena Impero at sea near Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz.
The video shows commandos in black ski masks onboard a helicopter before rappelling onto the Stena Impero's deck, while some speedboats surrounded the vessel.
The tanker was seized with 23 people on board including Indians.
Friday's seizure came amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran stemming from US President Donald Trump's decision last year to pull the US from Iran's nuclear accord with world powers and reinstate sweeping sanctions.
The US has also expanded its military presence in the region, while Iran has begun openly exceeding the uranium enrichment levels set in the nuclear accord to try to pressure Europe into alleviating the pain caused by the sanctions.
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