RTThu, 17 Oct 2019 16:29 UTC
© Reuters / National Iranian Oil Tanker Company / West Asia News AgencyDamage is seen on Iranian-owned Sabiti oil tanker sailing in the Red Sea, October 13, 2019.
Footage proves last week's attack on an Iranian oil tanker was carried out by the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, a member of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Wednesday.
The evidence "will be taken to the UN and the Security Council so that those countries behind this terrorist attack would pay for their action," Abolfazl Hassanbeigi was quoted by Iranian news agency Mehr as saying.
Iranian state TV said on Friday that an Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck by two missiles off the Saudi port of Jeddah. The tanker was set ablaze, destroying two storerooms causing an oil leak into the Red Sea, about 96km (60 miles) from Jeddah,
Haaretz reports.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that "the attack on Iran was a sophisticated, state-sponsored action."
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A senior Iranian lawmaker has blamed the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia for the recent attack on an Iranian tanker in the Red Sea and pledged to take the matter to the United Nations.
Abolfazl Hassan Beigi, a member of the national security and foreign policy committee in Iran's parliament, claimed on Wednesday that footage taken by cameras on the tanker points to the three countries, which are locked in a cold war with Iran.
"There are abundant documents and evidence of interference of certain governments in the attack against the Iranian oil tanker and they will be presented to the UN and the UN Security Council," the lawmaker said, as quoted by Fars News, adding that those behind the attack should "pay the price" for their actions.
Meanwhile, Iran's security chief Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday pledged to "give a response" that will make those behind the attack "regret their act."
A series of unexplained attacks against ships in the Gulf and Saudi oil installations between May and September increased already-boiling tensions between the United States and its major regional ally Saudi Arabia, on one side, and Iran, one the other side. Washington, which continues to pursue its "maximum pressure" campaign vis-a-vis Iran, was quick to lay the responsibility with Tehran in each case, which the latter staunchly denied.
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