Iran, UK appear to seek de-escalation despite tanker seizure
(World News UK)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran and Britain appeared to signal Saturday that they are not seeking confrontation, a day after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in rising tensions between Tehran and the West. Iran`s state news agency said it had seized the Stena Impero for an investigation after it had collided with an Iranian fishing boat - an explanation that avoided portraying the incident as a tit-for-tat move in the current tense climate. In London, Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of Britain`s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said military action to free the tanker would be `extremely...