Iran says it will reciprocate if its ships are seized by US

Iran will reciprocate if its ships are seized, the legal adviser to Iran’s President tells state media, in response to a statement by the United States Department of Justice.

This month, the Department of Justice issued a statement announcing the seizure of more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian fuel to clamp down on the “Revolutionary Guards’ financing network.”

“If an Iranian ship is seized, we will reciprocate and the legal way is not closed in this regard,” legal adviser Mohammad Dehghan says, adding that he was not able to confirm whether US authorities had seized an Iranian vessel.

Court orders by Iran’s judicial system have often been grounds for the seizure of foreign tankers by the Revolutionary Guards.