Middle East Hormuz, the coveted strait
Crisis Iran captures a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and frees another after detaining it
Israel assured this Sunday
that it has "evidence" about Iran's involvement in the deadly attack
, off the coast of Oman, against an oil tanker managed by an Israeli billionaire.
On Thursday, that tanker, the "Mercer Street",
was the target of a drone attack in
the Oman Sea
, according to the US military, which has several ships deployed in the region. The attack, which was not claimed, caused two deaths: a Briton, an employee of the Ambrey security company, and a Romanian crew member, according to the ship's operator, Zodiac Maritime, an international company based in London and owned by businessman Eyal Ofer. .
On the same Thursday,
the Israeli authorities already attributed their responsibility to Iran
, its arch enemy, but Tehran rejected these accusations and assured that they lack "foundation". "
I just heard that Iran is trying, cowardly, to evade its responsibility
in this matter, which they deny [any implication]. But I can state with absolute certainty that Iran carried out this attack on the ship [...] There is evidence of this", Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet said Sunday during a meeting of his government.
"
We hope that the international community will clearly explain to the Iranian regime that it is making a serious mistake
. In any case, we know how to send a message to Iran in our own way," he added, without specifying further. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, He had already accused the Islamic Republic on Friday of "exporting terrorism, destruction and instability that harms the whole world."
The head of Israeli diplomacy spoke overnight from Saturday to Sunday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and called for joint action at the UN against Tehran. British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab
also denounced on Sunday that the "deliberate" attack had been "carried out by Iran"
, and demanded that the Iranian authorities "immediately cease actions that endanger regional peace and security and international". - "Shadow war" -
However,
the Islamic Republic denied any involvement in these events
. "The Zionist regime [Israel] must cease these baseless accusations," said Iranian diplomacy spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh during a press conference in Tehran. "Iran will not hesitate for a moment to defend [...] its interests and national security," he added. The Japanese-flagged "Mercer Street" was
sailing unloaded from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Fujaira
, a coastal town in the United Arab Emirates, Zodiac reported. The British group Dryad Global, specialized in maritime security, referred to the attack on the tanker as "retaliation in the shadow war" between Iran and Israel.
The Sea of Oman lies between Iran and Oman
and there is the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world's oil transits and where a coalition led by the United States is present.
Two ships of the Israeli operator Ray Shipping have
already suffered attacks this year attributed to Iran
, while Tehran accuses Iran of being behind attacks on Iranian commercial vessels in the Red Sea or the Mediterranean.
Iran and Israel are two of the great powers in the Middle East
and are directly or indirectly at odds in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
At the epicenter of their current dispute is the issue of the Iranian nuclear program, according to analysts.
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