A New Incident in the Persian Gulf Has Once Again Brought Us to the Brink of War With Iran
Michael Snyder is the publisher of , The American Dream Blog and The Truth
On Wednesday, five Iranian gunboats attempted to seize a British oil tanker as it was traveling through the Persian Gulf. As you will see below, this was apparently done in retaliation for an incident which happened in Gibraltar less than a week earlier. British Royal Marines captured a tanker that was reportedly taking Iranian oil to Syria, and the Iranian government warned the British that there would be “consequences” for that action. Apparently the Iranians felt that since the British grabbed an oil tanker that they should return the favor, and they may have gotten away with it if a British warship had not quickly intervened. No shots were fired, and the five Iranian gunboats quickly left the scene after the British warship arrived. But this move by the Iranians will be seen by the western powers as a direct threat to freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf, and many of President Trump’s advisers will undoubtedly be begging him to send a “message” to Iran by taking direct military action.
Last month, President Trump called off U.S. airstrikes against Iran with only minutes to spare, and if those airstrikes had gone ahead we might be at war with Iran right now.
That is literally how close we are to a major war erupting in the Middle East, and that is why what happened on Wednesday is so alarming…
Five Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday but backed off after a British warship approached, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News.
The British warship was said to have been less than 5 miles behind the tanker but soon intercepted the Iranian boats and threatened to open fire. A manned U.S. reconnaissance aircraft was above as well, the official said, adding that Iranian forces left without opening fire.
Could the Iranians actually be this stupid?
After all, what in the world did they hope to accomplish?
Apparently, the Iranians were intending to retaliate for an incident that took place less than a week ago…
The comments from Hassan Rouhani come after British Royal Marines joined authorities in Gibraltar in capturing the tanker amid suspicions that it was trying to provide crude oil to Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime – an ally of the Islamic Republic.
“You are an initiator of insecurity and you will understand its repercussions,” Rouhani was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting, adding that the seizure of the ship was “mean and wrong.”
A day earlier, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, told the Tasim news agency that Tehran will give an “appropriate answer” to Britain following their actions.
If the Iranians had been successful in grabbing the British tanker on Wednesday, what then?
The Iranians have got to know that taking this sort of aggressive action is only going to make war even more likely.
There are many in the west that are just itching for a war with Iran, and now Iran may have just given them the justification that they need to start launching airstrikes.
But maybe the Iranians are crazy enough to want a war too. Without a doubt, Iran is run by a bunch of apocalyptic nutjobs, and none of them appear to be thinking straight. For example, just consider the following statement from Iranian cleric Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani…
Iranian cleric Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani told a sermon in Tehran that the Islamic republic is ready for war with the US.
He said: “Think of an attack only if you want to change the color of the Persian Gulf waters from azure to red.”
And Iranian military official Hossein Nejat made headlines all over the world this week when he said this…
Commander Nejat said: “American bases are within the range of our missiles.
“Our missiles will destroy their aircraft carriers if they make a mistake.
“Americans are very well aware of the consequences of a military confrontation with Iran.”
Unfortunately, Commander Nejat is actually quite correct. The Iranians have a large stockpile of extremely lethal Sunburn anti-ship missiles which they purchased from the Russians and Chinese over the years.
If the order is given, U.S. warships will be going to the bottom of the Persian Gulf, and once that happens all of the major news networks will be breathlessly pounding the war drums.
So we better hope that the Iranians don’t get too tempted by the sitting ducks that we currently have in the region. If they decide to launch their missiles, World War 3 will become inevitable.
And even a limited military confrontation that closes the Strait of Hormuz for an extended period of time would be catastrophic. According to one study, the price of oil could go as high as $325 a barrel if the Strait of Hormuz was closed for an extended period of time.
What do you think that would do to the global economy?
For a while there, it looked like tensions were starting to cool off just a little bit, but now we are right on the precipice of war once again.
And we definitely do not want a war with Iran. Such a war would set the stage for scenarios that most of us don’t even like to think about. Most people seem to believe that such a war would be limited to the Middle East, but the truth is that the Iranians would unleash terror attacks inside the United States unlike anything we have ever seen before.
A full-blown war with Iran would be a fight to the death, and the Iranians would use everything in their arsenal to try to defeat us. They would not abide by the rules of war, they wouldn’t hold anything back, and their goal would be to kill as many of us as possible.
We do not want that kind of war, and let us hope that it can still be prevented somehow.
About the author: Michael Snyder is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now, The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News. From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.
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US REQUEST TO BRITAIN
and appeared to have taken place in Spanish waters.
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FEDERAL JUDGE STATES IN COURT THAT HE GETS HIS ORDERS FROM ENGLAND
yoda, Saturday 25 June 2011 – 16:15:00
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IRANian FM REJECTS CLAIMS of IRGC’s Attempt to Seize British Oil Tanker
Thursday 11 July
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian FOREIGN MINISTER Mohammad Javad Zarif DISMISSED the western officials’ “WORTHLESS” CLAIMS THAT the ISLAMIC Revolution GUARDS Corps (IRGC) NAVY ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE A BRITISH OIL TANKER IN the PERSIAN GULF.
Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Thursday, Zarif said that the CLAIMS WERE AIMED AT CREATING TENSIONS.
He also said the BRITISH GOVERNMENT’$ CLAIM is “WORTHLESS”, adding that such CLAIMS ARE NOTHING NEW.
Zarif also pointed to the IRGC statement which dismissed the claim, saying that “THEY ARE SEEKING TO COVER UP THEIR WEAKNESSES with such claims”.
The IRGC NAVY deployed in the Persian Gulf REJECTED PENTAGON’S CLAIMS that its forces attempted to seize a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC naval forces responsible for controlling the Fifth Naval Zone in the Persian Gulf rejected the western media claims citing the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) that five Iranian fast boats attempted to capture a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf but they failed as the British Royal Navy frigate (HMS Montrose) interfered.
“NAVAL PATROLS of the Guards Corps in the PERSIAN GULF continue vigilantly, precisely and strongly based on regular procedures and missions, and
DURING the LAST 24 HOURS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ENCOUNTERS WITH FOREIGN VESSELS, INCLUDING the BRITISH ONES.” 
a statement by the IRGC Fifth Zone said on Thursday.
“If an order to seize foreign vessels is received, the IRGC naval forces controlling the Fifth Naval Zone in the Persian Gulf are able to carry out their mission in its geographical zone immediately, firmly and rapidly,” it added.
Analysts believe that the
US CLAIMS ARE AIMED AT COUNTERACTING CRITICISM OF BRITAIN FOR the SEIZURE OF an IRANIAN OIL TANKER in the STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR. 
LAST THURSDAY MORNING, BRITI$H Royal MARINES in GIBRALTAR $TORMED an IRAN-OPERATED SUPERTANKER off the coast of Gibraltar, SEIZING the 300,000-tonne Grace 1 BASED ON the ACCUSATION THAT IT WAS CARRYING OIL to SYRIA in possible violation of the European Union’s sanctions on the war-torn Arab country.
According to Gibraltar authorities, the 28 crewmembers, who are nationals of India, Pakistan and Ukraine, are currently staying aboard the tanker, along with local police and customs officers boarding the vessel for a period of a probe.
IRAN HAS CONDEMNED the MOVE as “maritime PIRACY” AND
SUMMONED BRITAIN’$ AMBASSADOR IN PROTEST.
IT has VOWED to employ all its political and legal capacities TO SECURE the RELEASE OF THE VESSEL and uphold its rights.
SPAIN’S acting FOREIGN MINISTER Josep Borrell stated on Friday that Madrid was PLANNING TO LODGE A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST the UK and was studying the circumstances and looking at how the incident is affecting its sovereignty.
SPAIN, which challenges the British ownership of Gibraltar, has ANNOUNCED the SEIZURE WAS PROMPTED BY A US REQUEST TO BRITAIN
AND APPEARED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN SPANISH WATERS.
https://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13980420000620
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IRGC Warns US, Britain against Provocative Moves against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) WARNED WA$HINGTON & LONDON to $TOP THEIR PROVOCATIVE ACT$ AGAINST IRAN or wait for a response that would make them regret their actions.
https://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13980420000466
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FEDERAL JUDGE STATES IN COURT THAT HE GETS HIS ORDERS FROM ENGLAND
yoda, Saturday 25 June 2011 – 16:15:00
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There is a strong sense that this tit-for-tat escalation is exactly what the AMERICANS and BRITISH are trying to ORCHE$TRATE so as to create a PRETEXT for ARMED CONFLICT WITH IRAN.
Russia quickly condemned the BRITISH seizure of the Iranian oil tanker as a RECKLE$$ PROVOCATION to deliberately inflame tensions, carried out IN CAHOOT$ WITH WA$HINGTON.
https://russia-insider.com/en/piracy-high-seas-us-and-british-aim-sink-iran-nuclear-deal/ri27428