Iran: The IRGC's Bold Seizure of a British Tanker Pushes the Risk of Escalation

The most significant in a series of events involving Iran during the week occurred July 19 with an announcement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that it had seized a British tanker -- and briefly halted the progress of another -- in the Persian Gulf. The tanker's capture adds yet another layer of stress atop already tense relations between the Islamic republic and the United States and its allies....