Nicaragua: UK is doing Trump administration’s bidding – Zarif

M/S Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif, and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada, walking to press conferece, Managua
M/S Nicaraguan officer talking at press conference
SOT, Mohammad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister: "Excuses that the United Kingdom and the Gibraltar authorities provided for the confiscation of the ship that was carrying Iranian oil - it wasn’t an Iranian ship, but it was a ship carrying Iranian oil, was clearly unfounded, the EU does not apply its rules to third parties as a matter of principle, and the United Kingdom, on its way out of the EU, is becoming holier than the Pope in doing things that the EU itself would not do and has said publicly that it would not do."
M/S Press conference *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mohammad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister: "It was clear from the very beginning that the United Kingdom was doing the bidding for the Trump administration. This is not the first time that the United Kingdom started doing bidding for the United States’ administration. As soon as President Trump got elected and before he entered into office, the United Kingdom prevented implementation of agreements that we have reached with the previous government of the United States on behalf of President Trump, and Iranian people have not forgotten that."
M/S Zarif and Moncada leaving press conferece
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif accused the United Kingdom of doing the bidding of the Trump Administration, while speaking at a press conference in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua on Monday.
“This is not the first time that the United Kingdom started doing bid for the United States’ administration,” Zarif said, referring to the UK’s seizure of the Grace 1 near Gibraltar, which he claimed was not Iranian but carrying Iranian oil.
“As soon as President Trump got elected and before he entered into office, the United Kingdom prevented implementation of agreements that we have reached with the previous government of the United States on behalf of President Trump” added the Iranian FM.
He went on to say that “the EU does not apply its rules to third parties as a matter of principle, and the United Kingdom on its way out of the EU is becoming holier than the Pope in doing things that the EU itself would not do.”
On July 19, Iran announced it had seized the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The UK had seized a ship near Gibraltar on July 4, which was suspected of being on its way to sell Iranian oil to Syria in breach of international sanctions.