Foreign media: Iran says it is seizing a UAE ship that has violated its territorial waters

Beijing, August 20 (Reuters) – on August 20, Iran’s foreign ministry said Iran seized a ship registered in the United Arab Emirates and violated Iranian territorial waters on August 17, adding that the UAE Coast Guard killed two Iranian fishermen that day. “On the 17th, Iranian border police seized a UAE ship and detained its crew for illegal invasion of the country’s waters,” Reuters reported, citing Iranian state television as saying “On the same day, UAE guards shot and killed two Iranian fishermen and seized a ship.” The UAE national news agency (WAM) said on the 17th that the UAE coast guard had tried to prevent eight fishing vessels from invading the northwestern waters of Sir Bu nu’ayr, but no casualties were reported. Iran said in a statement that the UAE government said on the 19th that “it deeply regrets the accident and declares its willingness to compensate for all losses caused.”