Iranian military says to ‘definitely’ respond to attack on merchant ship in Red Sea

TEHRAN - Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on Thursday that Iran will “definitely” respond to a recent attack on one of its merchant ships in the strategic Red Sea.

Tehran says studying attack on vessel in Red Sea

TEHRAN-- The commercial Iran-Saviz ship was targeted with landmines in the Red Sea on Tuesday morning.

Iran rejects any sabotage act in the Red Sea

TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has said that Iran rejects any sabotage act in the Red Sea after a fuel tanker was hit by an explosion at the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah.

The minister says one or more states were involved in the vessel attack

Zarif: Attack on Iranian oil tanker was state-sponsored

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday that “one or more countries” had directed or facilitated the Friday morning attack on the Iranian SABITI oil tanker off the Saudi coast in the Red Sea.

Jubeir rejects Saudis’ involvement in attack on Iranian oil tanker 

TEHRAN – Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind a suspected strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker off the Saudi coast in the Red Sea on Friday.

Government spokesman: Iran starts probe into oil tanker blast carefully, patiently

TEHRAN - Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Saturday that Tehran has started careful investigation into two explosions on its oil tanker in the Red Sea, refraining from any precipitancy.

Russia: So soon for comment on causes of explosions in Iranian oil tanker

TEHRAN – The director of the Asian Bureau of the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that necessary investigations about causes of explosions in an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea are underway, suggesting it is necessary to refrain from immediate comments.

NITC dismisses reports missiles fired at Iranian oil tanker from S. Arabia

TEHRAN – National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has dismissed media reports that an Iranian oil tanker navigating in the Red Sea was hit by missiles fired from Saudi Arabia, IRNA reported.

U.S. navy says aware of attack on Iranian oil tanker 

The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet is aware of media reports about an Iranian tanker blast but has no further information so far, a spokesman said on Friday.

Iranian oil tanker hit by two blasts in Red Sea

TEHRAN - In what Tehran calls a "dangerous adventure", two separate explosions, possibly caused by missile attacks, hit an Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) near the Saudi port city of Jeddah.