Israel yesterday accused “Iran of involvement in the attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.” Israeli businessman, off the coast of the Gulf of Oman. A Defense Department spokesman for the Middle East told The Associated Press that an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire was blown up by a drone off the coast of Oman.
He explained that “the attack took place on Tuesday evening off the coast of Oman,” noting that “the bombed-out oil tanker belongs to a company owned by an Israeli billionaire based in Singapore and flying the flag of Liberia.”
For its part, the British Maritime Trade Organization said: “It is aware of the incident and it is being investigated,” while the US military spokesman said: “The Fifth Fleet is aware of the accident with a merchant ship in the Gulf of Oman. .”
And last year, the coast of Oman witnessed an attack on a Japanese merchant ship owned by Liberia and operated by the Israeli Zodiac Maritime Company on July 29, killing two crew members, citizens of the United Kingdom and Romania. , at the time: Said Ara Jani, commander of the IRGC drones, was behind the air attack on the ship.
British Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward said Iran was behind the attack, adding that London would seek to hold Tehran accountable for its alleged involvement.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has described accusations by the US Secretary of State and his British counterpart that Iran is behind the attack on an Israeli oil tanker off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea as “empty statements.”
