The strike on the Mercer Street came just a week before Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist who reached out to the West, is due to step down as Iran’s president
At first the ship’s operators said it was piracy. But the attack came from the sky. On July 29th an unmanned drone laden with explosives was flown into the, an oil tanker managed by an Israeli-owned firm, just off the coast of Oman. Two people on board, a British national and a Romanian citizen, were killed.
Iran quickly denied involvement—while ratcheting up the tension. Saeed Khatibzadeh, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, accused Israel of creating “instability, terror and violence”, and warned that “whoever sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind”.
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