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This hour. Yousef first, european governments this week agreed to assemble a Naval Mission to provide safe passage for ships through the persian gulf. That is after iran seized a British Oil Tanker in the region. The act was condemned by the the u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt, but defended by his iranian counterpart. Under international law, iran had no right to obstruct the ships passage, let alone bored her. Board her. It was an act of state piracy which the house will have no hesitation in condemning. Even more worryingly, this incident was a flagrant breach of the principle of free na...