The Royal Navy has seized Iranian weapons – including missiles – allegedly on their way to Houthi forces in Yemen, after speedboats suspected of being on smuggling runs were intercepted in the Gulf.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said that the operation by HMS Montrose was the “first time a British Naval warship has interdicted a vessel carrying such sophisticated weapons from Iran”. It stated the operation was undertaken to enforce compliance with UN Security Council resolutions aimed at curbing supplies of arms fueling the Yemen conflict.
