Oil tanker British Heritage sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 1, 2019. Picture taken March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Cengiz Tokgoz
LONDON (Reuters) - Three Iranian vessels tried to block a British-owned tanker passing through the strait that controls the flow of Middle East oil to the world, but backed off when confronted by a Royal Navy warship, Britain said on Thursday.
A week after Britain seized an Iranian tanker accused of violating sanctions on Syria, London said the British Heritage, operated by oil company BP, had been approached in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula.
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