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The incident comes just one week after Iranian officials threatened to seize a British ship in retaliation for the British seizure of its own oil tanker.

The unanimous three-judge panel had harsh words for plaintiffs and the lower courts in reaching the decision to dismiss the case.

An allied force led by British soldiers seized an Iranian oil tanker on Thursday, July 4 under suspicion the vessel was transporting crude oil to a Syrian refinery in violation of sanctions.