1/11/2024 0 Comments Helios ray vessel explosionThe Sunday report speculated the ship may have been "trapped in an ambush by a branch of resistance axis”, referring to Iranian proxies in the region. The country's hard-line Kayhan daily newspaper, whose editor-in-chief was appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the Helios Ray was possibly on an espionage mission in the region, without offering any evidence to support the claim. Iranian authorities have not publicly commented on the ship. The blast happened as the ship was sailing from the Saudi port Dammam out of the Gulf of Oman, forcing it to turn to Dubai for inspection. Tehran denied any role in the suspected assaults, which happened near the Strait of Hormuz, a passageway for a fifth of all oil traded worldwide. The ship was anchored near Dubai's floating hotel, the Queen Elizabeth 2.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 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. Tehran has tried to pressure President Joe Biden’s administration into granting the sanctions relief it received under the accord with six world powers that former President Donald Trump abandoned.įrom the shore, damage to the vessel was not clear to see. The incident came as tension between the US and Iran increased over the unraveling of 2015 nuclear deal. The ship’s proximity to Iran at the time further led to suspicions against Tehran, which has been accused of limpet mine attacks on commercial vessels. “We will need to keep investigating, but we can say for sure that Iran is attempting to damage Israeli infrastructure and to hurt Israeli citizens,” Mr Gantz said.
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