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Iran says oil tanker struck by rockets off Saudi Arabia

Spokesman for US Navy 5th Fleet says US "aware of reports" • Iran blames Saudi Arabia, and Saudi officials are not commenting • News agency affiliated with Revolutionary Guards reports all crew members safe.

by  News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  10-11-2019 10:11
Last modified: 10-11-2019 10:42
Iran says oil tanker struck by rockets off Saudi ArabiaEPA

An oil tanker is seen on fire in the Persian Gulf in June (file photo) | Illustration: EPA

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Two rockets struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the US.

There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the reported attack and Saudi officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Iranian state television said the explosion damaged two storerooms aboard the unnamed oil tanker and caused an oil leak into the Red Sea near the Saudi port city of Jiddah.

All crew members of the tanker are safe and the situation of the vessel is stable, Iran's Nour news agency reported.

"None of the crew members were injured at the explosion ... the situation is under control," the news agency, close to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, reported.

The state-run IRNA news agency, quoting Iran's National Iranian Tanker Co., identified the stricken vessel as the Sabity. That vessel last turned on its tracking devices in August near the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.

Lt. Pete Pagano, a spokesman for the US Navy's 5th Fleet overseeing the Mideast, said authorities there were "aware of reports of this incident," but declined to comment further.

The reported attack comes after the US has alleged that in past months Iran attacked oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, something denied by Tehran.

Friday's incident could push tensions between Iran and the US even higher, more than a year after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the nuclear deal and imposed sanctions now crushing Iran's economy.

The mysterious attacks on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran shooting down a US military surveillance drone and other incidents across the wider Middle East followed Trump's decision.

The latest assault saw Saudi Arabia's vital oil industry come under a drone-and-cruise-missile attack, halving the kingdom's output. The US has blamed Iran for the attack, something denied by Tehran. Yemen's Houthi rebels, whom the kingdom is fighting in a yearslong war, claimed that assault, though analysts say the missiles used in the attack wouldn't have the range to reach the sites from Yemen.

Tags: Iranoil tankerRed SearocketsSaudi ArabiaTerrorismUS Navy

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