Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabian coast t.co/BLQYfnDKdD pic.twitter.com/vOceUplOOM
— CBC World News (@CBCWorldNews) October 11, 2019
An Iranian oil tanker cruising 60 miles off the coast of Saudi Arabia was rocked by a pair of missiles Friday, briefly causing an oil leak and more broadly threatening to further inflame fraught regional tensions between the two heavyweight Muslim nations.
Iranian state television reported the explosions damaged two storerooms aboard the oil tanker – which is owned by the National Iranian Oil Company – and caused an oil leak into the Red Sea near the Saudi port city of Jeddah. The leak was later plugged, IRNA reported.
“This latest incident, if confirmed to be an act of aggression, is highly likely to be part of the wider narrative of deteriorating relations between Saudi and the U.S. and Iran,” according to an assessment provided to the Associated Press by private maritime security firm Dryad Maritime. “It is likely that the region, having been stable for the last month, will face another period of increasing maritime threats, as the Iranian and Saudi geopolitical stand-off continues.”
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Oil prices jump by over 2 percent after blasts on Iranian oil tanker off Saudi city of Jeddah#IranianOilTanker #Iran pic.twitter.com/9FopgDyBda
— Press TV (@PressTV) October 11, 2019
Explosions on Iranian oil tanker off Jeddah's coast cause spill t.co/itQkf3mTWX pic.twitter.com/9ktzjbVcKo
— David Icke (@davidicke) October 11, 2019
BREAKING: Iran's National Tanker Company denies reports that tanker was hit by missiles t.co/ttncaRlrXq#Iran pic.twitter.com/fhkiKP4ppG
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) October 11, 2019
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