Royal Navy Foils Apparent Iranian Attempt to Seize British Tanker in the Gulf

"Responding to news of Iran's failed attempt to stop the tanker, Norman Roule, a former CIA veteran and advisor to the advocacy group United Against a Nuclear Iran, tweeted, 'The international community needs to firmly & quickly stand with the UK at this moment. Iran's people also need to understand that Tehran's actions will not be tolerated. The weak response to the mine attacks [on four tankers in June, blamed by the U.S. on Iran] may have encouraged this.'"