In a speech for an army intelligence unit, Israeli military Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi indirectly referred to the incident, accusing Iran of carrying out operations against civilian targets. Israeli officials indicated on Sunday that Iran was responsible for the explosion on the ship. Tehran denied any role in the suspected assaults, which happened near the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil chokepoint. An Emirati coast guard vessel was seen sailing behind the ship, with Dubai police and Emirati armed forces vehicles parked nearby.įriday’s blast on the ship, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo vessel, recalled a string of attacks on foreign oil tankers in 2019 that the US Navy blamed on Iran. The blue and white ship was anchored near Dubai’s storied floating hotel, the Queen Elizabeth 2. The dock blocked the view of the vessel’s starboard side down to the waterline and the port side could only be seen from a distance. Iran has sought to pressure President Joe Biden’s administration to grant the sanctions relief it received under the accord with world powers that former president Donald Trump abandoned.įrom the shore, journalists could not immediately see damage to the vessel. It remains unclear what caused the blast, but the incident comes amid sharply rising tension between the US and Iran over its unravelling 2015 nuclear deal. Although the crew was unharmed in the blast, the vessel sustained two holes on its port side and two on its starboard side just above the waterline, according to American defence officials. Journalists saw the hulking Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray sitting at dry dock facilities at Dubai’s Port Rashid. DUBAI: An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai’s port for repairs on Sunday, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran.
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