Two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz were damaged in suspected attacks, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the U.S. Navy rushed to assist amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.
A picture obtained from Iranian News Agency ISNA reportedly shows fire and smoke billowing from a tanker said to have been attacked in the waters of the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.
Meanwhile in Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that while Tehran doesn't seek nuclear weapons,"America could not do anything" to stop Iran if it did.capping Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's high-stakes visit in Tehran that sought to ease Iran-U.S. tensions, suggested the efforts had failed.
Dryad Global, a maritime intelligence firm, preliminarily identified one of the vessels involved as the MT Front Altair, a Marshall Islands-flagged crude oil tanker. The vessel was"on fire and adrift," Dryad added. It did not offer a cause for the incident or mention the second ship. On Wednesday, after talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Abe warned that any"accidental conflict" that could be sparked amid the heightened U.S.-Iran tensions must be avoided.
Khamenei also said Iran remained opposed to building atomic weapons, but offered a challenge to Trump.
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