The UK and Iran have summoned each other’s diplomats in a row over the deadly attack on an oil tanker that took place last week.
The UK, US and Israel all blame Iran for the attack in which two crew members were killed.
Tensions between Israel and Iran are on the rise as the two regularly accuse each other of targeting shipping in the region.
Iran dismissed the accusation that it was behind the latest attack as baseless.
On Monday, the UK summoned Iran’s ambassador over what the British government called the “unlawful attack” with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying Iran should “face up to the consequences of what they’ve done” calling the incident an “unacceptable and outrageous attack on commercial shipping”.
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said that he was consulting with the UK, Israel and Romania and there would be a “collective response”.
Iran summoned the British Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran as well as Romania’s top envoy to protest against the accusations made against Iran.
Sources: BBC
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