Zarif: Attack on Iranian oil tanker was state-sponsored

Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Maritime Security 1 Minute

EHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday that “one or more countries” had directed or facilitated the Friday morning attack on the Iranian SABITI oil tanker off the Saudi coast in the Red Sea.

Zarif also said the raid on SABITI was a “state-sponsored act”. He added, “According to received intelligence the Friday assault on the Iranian oil tanker was a complicated move done by one or more states.”

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Source: tehrantimes.com

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