Tehran confirms that an explosion occurred on an Iranian vessel, Iran’s foreign ministry’s spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, noting that it cause minor damage. “The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning near the Djibouti coast and caused minor damage with no casualties. The vessel was a civilian ship stationed there to secure ...
The New York Times reported that ‘Israel’ notified the United States that its forces had attacked an Iranian vessel, the Saviz, in the Red Sea. Citing an unnamed American official, the paper said Israelis had called the attack “a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels”. The official also ...