23 Nov 2024
Tuesday 15 October 2019 - 14:30
Story Code : 361423

Iran president says there is video footage of attack on Iranian tanker

Iran president says there is video footage of attack on Iranian tanker
Reuters - Irans President Hassan Rouhani said an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea on Friday had been hit by at least two rockets, and there is video footage of the incident.

Iranian authorities reported that the Iranian-owned oil tanker, the Sabiti, was struck off Saudi Arabias coast. There has been no independent report on the cause of the damage.

Irans rival Saudi Arabia has said it was not behind any attack on the tanker. Saudi authorities said they received a distress message from the vessel, but they added that it had switched off its transponder before they could assist.

Rouhani, speaking live on state television on Monday, said the attack was undoubtedly carried out by a government and that there would be consequences.

Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Alison Williams, William Maclean
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