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Tehran, Iran — Two rockets struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iran's official state-run media said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. There was no word from Saudi Arabia on the reported attack and Saudi officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
French news agency AFP quoted Iran's state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) as saying in a statement that the hull of the tanker "Sabiti" was hit by suspected missiles about 60 miles off the Saudi coast. The statement, carried by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency, said two separate explosions were "probably caused by missile strikes."
"All the ship's crew are safe and the ship is stable too," said NITC, according to AFP's report, which said news of the apparent attack drove prices for Brent crude oil up more than two percent on international markets.