The former British foreign secretary Jack Straw, says “something accidental but very serious could happen” in the current heightened tensions with Iran.
He told Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur: “You could easily see a number of Iran’s fast boats being sunk, you could see the Iranians laying mines in retaliation and then one of the mines going off and then you could get a serious escalation.”
Tensions have been high in the Gulf since the US tightened oil sanctions against Iran.
You can see the Hardtalk interview in full on BBCiPlayer (UK only).
