The Iranian announcement came hours before Britain was to announce its answer to Iran's seizure of a British oil ship.

伊朗的声明是在英国宣布对伊朗扣押英国一艘石油船的回应之前几个小时宣布的。

In just a few days, the European Union will ban Russian crude oil shipped by sea.

再过几天，欧盟将禁止海运俄罗斯原油。

A few weeks later, an American oil ship was damaged during a sea battle between British navy ships and a German submarine.

几周后，一艘美国油船在英国海军舰艇和一艘德国潜艇的海战中受损。

Iran said earlier Friday that it had seized an oil ship named Impero Stena and was holding it at an Iranian port.

伊朗方面周五早上表示其扣押了一艘名叫史丹纳帝国的油船，将其留在了某伊朗港口处。

They have tried to remain neutral. But on July 4 British naval forces seized an Iranian oil ship near the British territory of Gibraltar.

他们试图保持中立。但是7月4日，英国海军在英国直布罗陀附近扣押了一艘伊朗油轮。

Iran has seized foreign oil ships in the waters off its western coast in the past four months. It also has shot down a U.S. spy drone.

过去4个月，伊朗在该国西海岸附近海域扣押了多艘外国油轮。它还击落了一架美国无人侦察机。

But the clause in these contracts that caused the greatest amazement and indignation was one which gave the inside group rebates on every barrel of oil shipped by its competitors.

但这些合同中最令人惊讶和愤慨的条款是给予内部集团对其竞争对手运送的每一桶石油进行回扣的条款。