Dubai: Iranian navy vessels came to the assistance of a disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that needed repairs, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has been quoted as saying by semi-official news agency ISNA.
“Abbas Mousavi said … that an international oil tanker was in trouble due to a technical fault in the Persian Gulf … After receiving a request for assistance, Iranian forces approached it and used a Mousavi did not name the tanker and said more information would be released later.
A CNN reporter tweeted earlier that US intelligence increasingly believed the UAE tanker MT Riah had been forced into Iranian waters by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards naval forces.
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