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Hassan Rouhani said on state television that British authorities should allow "safe" passage of its ships through the Strait of Gibraltar, but did not directly address criticism that oil carried by the seized tanker was allegedly bound for Syria, according to Reuters.

“You [Britain] are the initiator of insecurity and you will realize the consequences later,” Rouhani said, the news service noted.

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Iran remains a top ally of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, who remains sanctioned by the U.S. and other governments over the ongoing civil war in his nation, which has devastated the country and left millions as refugees and hundreds of thousands dead.

Rouhani's statement comes amid weeks of tensions with the Trump administration as well as ongoing negotiations with the U.K. and other European countries over Iran's commitment to a 2015 nuclear agreement that provided sanctions relief in exchange for a halt Tehran's nuclear fuel enrichment.

  The Hill

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.