Fifteen Indian nationals were reportedly on board a Palau-flagged oil tanker when it collided on Sunday off Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, injuring four people. The incident occurred as Iran exchanged blows with the United States and Israel, which launched an attack on Saturday The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed.
The Omani Maritime Security Center did not specify what hit the ship. The attack followed previous drone strikes elsewhere in the Gulf state, in the commercial port of Duqm on the Arabian Sea.
This is the first time that targets have been struck in or near Oman following a wave of retaliatory strikes launched by Tehran on the Gulf states after The joint American-Israeli attacks on Iran pushed the region into a new war.
15 Indians in the 20-member crew
The Omani Maritime Security Center said in a post on the
The crew consists of 15 Indians and 5 Iranians, according to OMSC.
Initial information indicates injuries of varying severity among the four crew members.
The Skylight’s registered owner is Sea Force Inc., and it is managed by Red Sea Ship Management LLC, according to LSEG data.
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Red Sea Ship Management and Skylight, among other vessels, in December last year, accusing the management company and its owner of operating a “shadow fleet” to transport Iranian oil products in the Gulf.
Iran says an oil tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian state television reported on Sunday that an oil tanker sank after it was bombed while trying to pass through the strategic region. Strait of Hormuz.
State television stated, without going into details, that “the fate of the illegal oil tanker that was bombed while trying to pass illegally through the Strait of Hormuz is that it is now sinking.”
Footage was broadcast showing thick black smoke emanating from the burning tanker at sea.
The strait carries a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and a fifth of liquefied natural gas.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned on Saturday that the vital waterway was unsafe due to American and Israeli attacks and was therefore closed to ships.
