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Iran 'Will Definitely Respond' to Attack on Its Ship, Suspects U.S., Israel
By Tom O'Connor On 4/8/21 at 5:50 PM EDT
A senior Iranian military official has warned that his country would certainly respond to a yet unclaimed recent attack on an Iranian ship transiting the Red Sea should the perpetrator be identified.
Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces, told Russia's state-run Sputnik news outlet that Iranian authorities were still investigating the reported limpet mine attack that struck the cargo ship MV Saviz, a vessel linked to the country's elite Revolutionary Guard. Once the source of the attack is established, retribution would follow, he said.
"We need to ascertain the source of the incident. If we uncover the source of the attack on the ship, we will definitely respond, we will never be silent," Shekarchi said. "In any case, the ship was targeted, and now different things may have happened to the ship. But we cannot take a decision on what we are going to do until after our investigations are concluded with utmost accuracy."
He also said that early indications from the investigation pointed to the possible involvement of the U.S., Israel or one of their partners in the region. Across the Persian Gulf and the broader Middle East, a number of Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have also been critical of Iran, accusing Tehran of fomenting unrest.
Iran, on the other hand, has blamed its foes and the presence of foreign forces for regional instability, which has involved a number of unclaimed attacks on commercial ships at sea.
Citing an unnamed U.S. official, The New York Times reported Tuesday that Israel had confirmed it was behind the attack on MV Saviz, and that the strike came in retaliation for attacks on two Israeli-owned ships in the Red Sea in March and February. Iran has also reported previous attacks on its ships in the Red Sea, as have the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other countries operating vessels in the nearby Gulf of Oman, dating back to 2019
Iran 'Will Definitely Respond' to Attack on Its Ship, Suspects U.S., Israel
By Tom O'Connor On 4/8/21 at 5:50 PM EDT
A senior Iranian military official has warned that his country would certainly respond to a yet unclaimed recent attack on an Iranian ship transiting the Red Sea should the perpetrator be identified.
Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces, told Russia's state-run Sputnik news outlet that Iranian authorities were still investigating the reported limpet mine attack that struck the cargo ship MV Saviz, a vessel linked to the country's elite Revolutionary Guard. Once the source of the attack is established, retribution would follow, he said.
"We need to ascertain the source of the incident. If we uncover the source of the attack on the ship, we will definitely respond, we will never be silent," Shekarchi said. "In any case, the ship was targeted, and now different things may have happened to the ship. But we cannot take a decision on what we are going to do until after our investigations are concluded with utmost accuracy."
He also said that early indications from the investigation pointed to the possible involvement of the U.S., Israel or one of their partners in the region. Across the Persian Gulf and the broader Middle East, a number of Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have also been critical of Iran, accusing Tehran of fomenting unrest.
Iran, on the other hand, has blamed its foes and the presence of foreign forces for regional instability, which has involved a number of unclaimed attacks on commercial ships at sea.
Citing an unnamed U.S. official, The New York Times reported Tuesday that Israel had confirmed it was behind the attack on MV Saviz, and that the strike came in retaliation for attacks on two Israeli-owned ships in the Red Sea in March and February. Iran has also reported previous attacks on its ships in the Red Sea, as have the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other countries operating vessels in the nearby Gulf of Oman, dating back to 2019
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