Tag: Iran

The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and sank last week in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances.

The Iranian-flagged tanker MT Horse, which was seized by Indonesia in January over a suspected illegal oil transfer, was released Friday, local media reported. 

A US Coast Guard ship fired warning shots at Iranian boats that came near to US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Indian Ocean MoU has updated the list of foreign ships which are currently banned by its Member Authorities. The bans involve four ships in Australia, two in India, three in Iran, and two in Myanmar. The list is effective as of 29 April 2021.

At least three people have reportedly lost their lives after a fire onboard an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery, Syria, on Saturday. Some reports say the fire came from a suspected attack by a drone coming from Lebanese waters, while others attribute the incident to a welding accident.

Unconfirmed media reporting has indicated that Israeli-owned car carrier ‘MV HYPERION RAY’ was hit by a missile attack off the coast of Fujairah, UAE, on Tuesday.

Iran freed the South Korean tanker Hankuk Chemi, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said, over three months after it was seized in Iranian waters over alleged pollution violations. 

Israel recently informed the United States it attacked the Iranian ship Saviz in the Red Sea in retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels.

An Israeli ship was reportedly damaged after explosion in an Iranian missile attack while sailing through the Arabian Sea towards India, according to reports from Hebrew-language broadcaster Channel 12. 

Israel is highly likely to have been behind the explosion onboard the container ship 'Shahr e Kord' last week, according to an Iranian investigator quoted by Iranian media.