syria or does this have more to do with iran doing what it has to do to get around u.s. sanctions. look the reality is at least from the iranian perspective this is a distinction without difference meaning that 40 iranians it really doesn't matter if the tanker was seized because of. syria sanctions they actually see it as facilitating u.s. sanctions on iranian oil which has driven down iran or the exports from $3000000.00 bottles a day about a year ago to around 110th of that which is 300000 barrels today and they run eons expected the remaining parties through the 2015 nuclear deal which includes britain to actually help iran survive u.s. sanctions and not to facilitate them and then forcing them by seizing this tankers and this is definitely going to add to tensions between iran and europe. the