British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (L) leaves Downing Street after a government's emergency committee Cobra meeting in London, Britain, on July 22, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May has been chairing the government's emergency committee Cobra (Cabinet Office Briefing Room A) to receive updates and discuss security in the area. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned late Friday that serious consequences would ensue if Iran's seizure of a British-operated oil tanker is not resolved quickly. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Friday seized the oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that "the oil tanker's failure to respect the international maritime rules while passing through the strait." (Xinhua/Alberto Pezzali)