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Iran denies involvement in attack on Israeli-managed tanker off Oman
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TEHRAN, 02 August 2021, (TON): Iran said that it was not involved in an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast of Oman, referring to an incident last week that killed two and which Israel blamed on the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said “the Zionist regime (Israel) has created insecurity, terror and violence. These accusations about Iran's involvement are condemned by Tehran.”
He said “such accusations are meant by Israel to divert attention from facts and are baseless.”
A Briton and a Romanian were killed when the Mercer Street, a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned ship managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime was attacked. Israel's foreign minister said the incident deserved a harsh response.
There were varying explanations for what happened to the tanker. Zodiac Maritime described the incident as suspected piracy and a source at the Oman Maritime Security Centre as an accident that occurred outside Omani territorial waters.
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