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Explosion sets Iranian oil tanker ablaze in Red Sea: report
Blast caused by ‘terrorists’ inflicts heavy damage and oil is spilling into the Red Sea, Iran news agency says.
An explosion set an Iranian oil tanker on fire near the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Iran’s Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Friday, adding experts believed it was a “terrorist attack”.
The blast hit a tanker that belongs to National Iranian Oil Company and set the vessel ablaze 120km (60 miles) off the coast from Jeddah.
The explosion caused heavy damage and oil is spilling into the Red Sea, unnamed sources told ISNA.
“Experts believe it was a terrorist attack,” the news report said.
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