U.S., U.K. and Israel blame Iran for ship attack; Tehran denies

The US and the UK joined Israel on August 2 in alleging Iran carried out a deadly drone strike on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman within the Arabian Sea, placing additional strain on Tehran because it denied being concerned within the assault.

Calling it a “illegal and callous assault,” British Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab mentioned his nation and its allies deliberate a coordinated response over the strike on Thursday evening on the oil tanker Mercer Avenue. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken quickly adopted, saying there was “no justification for this assault, which follows a sample of assaults and different belligerent behaviour”. The strike on the Mercer Avenue marked the first-known deadly assault after years of assaults on industrial delivery within the area linked to tensions with Iran over its tattered nuclear deal.

Whereas nobody has claimed duty for the assault, Iran and its militia allies have used so-called “suicide” drones in assaults beforehand, which crash into targets and detonate their explosive payloads. Nevertheless, Israel, the U.Okay. and the responding U.S. Navy have but to point out bodily proof from the strike or supply intelligence info on why they blame Tehran.