Iranian coastguard's radio exchange with UK warship emerges

Thank you, my friend CPT Jack Durish for posting the link to the guardian report focused on radio dialog between the UK Warship and the Iranian Coast Guard.
Jack, I concur with your assessment "The once great British Navy no longer has the assets to guard its merchant marine, especially in contested waters. They must either learn to play nice with the Trump Administration or suffer the indignities once suffered by American merchantmen at the mercy of the Barbary Pirates"

"A recording has emerged of Iranian coastguards telling a British Royal Navy frigate they want to inspect the captured Stena Impero for security reasons.
The radio exchanges make no reference to a previous Iranian suggestion that the British-flagged oil tanker had been stopped due to an accident with a fishing vessel, a previous explanation given by Tehran for the capture of the ship.
A spokesman for Iran’s supreme council also did little to hide the view from Tehran that the seizure was justifiable retaliation for the British capture of an Iranian-flagged ship, Grace 1, off Gibraltar. The UK says Grace 1 was bound for Syria to unload Iranian oil in breach of an EU embargo.
The recording, obtained by the British maritime security firm Dryad Global, includes exchanges between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose and Iranian armed forces vessels, in which the frigate attempts to seek assurances that the tanker is not being captured.
The Iranian vessel can be heard telling a ship – believed to be the Stena Impero – to change its course, saying: “If you obey you will be safe. Alter your course 2360 degrees immediately.”
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