Escalation of US and Iranian tensions and its impact on security in the Gulf
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Should shipowners be concerned with the apparent escalation of hostilities in the Persian Gulf? We””ll aim to answer these questions with Cormac McGarry and Jonathan Wood from Control Risks
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About this episode
On the 4th of July, 2019, the Iranian tanker Grace One was detained by UK forces in Gibraltar on suspicion of EU sanction violations and on the 19th of July a British flag tanker, the Stena Impero was detained by Iran”s Islamic revolutionary guard Corps. Track forward to August 2020
About the contributors
Cormac McGarry
Cormac is a senior analyst at Control Risks.
Jonathan Wood
Jonathan is lead analyst for North America and Deputy Global Research Director for Control Risks.
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