Tehran is the prime suspect behind the missing of an oil tanker, reportedly belongs to UAE navigating in the Persian Gulf, which has disappeared for days now, foreign media reported on Wednesday.
According to the Iranian media reports, a foreign oil tanker was helped by Iranian navy vessels, but no further details published on the incident or the identity of the oil tanker.
“An international oil tanker was in trouble due to technical difficulties in the Persian Gulf…After receiving a request for assistance, and according to international regulations, Iranian forces approached it and used a tugboat to pull it towards Iranian waters for the necessary repairs to be carried out,” Iran’s Mehr News agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi.
Earlier, Iranian high authorities including the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran will retaliate over the seizure of its oil tanker carrying 2.1 million barrels of light crude oil by UK.
On Thursday, July 4 British Royal Marines seized an Iranian supertanker, while passing through Strait of Gibraltar. It is believed that the Iranian ship was carrying oil to Syria, which is in violation of Europe’s sanctions.
“This act of evil will not remain without a response,” Khamenei threatened earlier this week.
