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So what actually happened in the [[Strait of Hormuz]] on 10th July? [[UK]] [[corporate media|media]] have unanimously accepted the UK Government narrative that the [https://www.vesselfinder.com/ship-photos/450261 British Heritage] oil tanker was harassed by five [[Iran]]ian boats, despite the absence of any confirmatory evidence.<br />
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The [[Iran]]ian version of events, that no such incident took place at all, has been almost entirely ignored.<ref>''[https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/12/600745/Iran-mousavi-oil-tanker-UK-gibraltar-dangerous-game UK urged to immediately release Iranian supertanker, avoid ‘dangerous’ game"]''</ref><br />
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At a distance it is impossible to be certain, but here's my take:<br />
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1. If the incident took place, it will have been videoed by the UK frigate, [https://twitter.com/hms_montrose HMS Montrose.] So why has no video been released?<br />
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2. The [[UK]] has been co-opted into [[UK]] efforts to ramp up pressure on [[Iran]], already suffering punitive [[economic sanctions]]. This 'incident' contributes to those efforts.<br />
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3. The [[UK]] (and certainly its foreign secretary [[Jeremy Hunt]]) supports efforts to build a naval coalition to further militarise the the [[Strait of Hormuz|Straits]] and [[Persian Gulf|Gulf]], with warships escorting oil tankers for their 'protection'. This 'incident' is being used to justify such a coalition, pressuring other countries to join.<br />
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4. This incident makes [[Jeremy Hunt|Hunt]] look good at a critical time in the [[Conservative Party|Tory]] leadership election. The point is not that it will help him win ([[Boris Johnson|Boris]] has it in the bag) but it could help him to keep his job in a [[Boris Johnson|Boris cabinet]].<br />
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5. The 'incident' is already being used to justify increased spending on the [[Royal Navy|UK navy]]. [[Jeremy Hunt|Hunt]] has already promised such increased spending if he wins the Tory leadership. [[Jeremy Hunt|Hunt]] happens to be the son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hunt Nicholas Hunt,] former Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty.<br />
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6. The [[UK]] is claiming (correctly) rights of navigation through the [[Strait of Hormuz]], quoting the [[UN Convention on the Law of the Sea]] (UNCLOS). Of particular relevance are Part 2 Section 3 and Part 3. Interference with vessels exercising right of passage is generally forbidden, but such vessels are also subject to rules of good behaviour including prohibitions of any threats of force or breaches of [[Document:UN Charter|UN Charter (Articles 19, 39)]].<br />
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7. It appears to me that threats emanating from [[US]] and [[UK]] against [[Iran]] are a ''prima facie'' breach of these rules.<br />
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8. The Law as it applies to the [[Strait of Hormuz]] are identical to those applying to the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], where the [[UK]] recently seized control of an [[Iran]]ian tanker on the grounds it was carrying oil to [[Syria]] in defiance of [[EU]] sanctions. Nothing in [[UNCLOS]] justifies this action because the [[EU]] sanctions are effectively national laws governing [[EU]] states and have no effect on the rights of transit passage of a non-EU state travelling to another non-EU state.<br />
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9. Article 43 sets out the nature of the laws and regulations that coastal states may impose governing vessels in transit through Straits. These are limited to maritime safety, control of pollution, and the loading and unloading of goods to the coastal state. Transit shipping in defiance of sanctions against another country imposed by a coastal state is not on that list.<br />
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10. Article 27 sets out the highly restricted circumstances in which coastal states may apply their criminal law to a vessel in transit and none of these apply.<br />
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My conclusions are:<br />
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1. There is no evidence that the above 10th July 'incident' in the [[Strait of Hormuz]] ever took place. There are strong reasons, in terms of national and international politics, for the [[UK]] to have manufactured the account.<br />
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2. The [[UK]]'s seizure of the [[Iran]]ian oil tanker [https://www.vesselfinder.com/ship-photos/491720 Grace 1] in the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] was an act of maritime piracy.<br />
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3. The aggressive posturing of [[US]] and [[UK]] and the moves to militarise the [[Strait of Hormuz]], taken together with [[US]] calls for regime change and other threats to the sovereignty of [[Iran]], constitute a breach of [[UNCLOS]] Articles 19 and 39 and are thus unlawful.<br />
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