Monday, October 14, 2019

Iran Releases Photos Of 'Attacked' Oil Tanker

Iran released pictures showing two gaping holes in the hull of an oil tanker, Sabiti, it alleges was attacked off Saudi Arabia last week

Daily Mail/AFP: Gaping holes in the side of Iranian oil tanker that was hit by two missiles are revealed for the first time, as Putin heads to Saudi Arabia to calm rising tensions between the countries

* Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia following tanker attack
* Iranian-flagged tanker was hit by two suspected missile strikes off Saudi coast
* Saudi oil installations were also targeted - halving the kingdom's crude output
* New images have revealed the damage done during missile attacks last week

Damage done to an Iranian oil tanker struck by two suspected missile strikes off the coast of Saudi Arabia has been revealed in new images.

Images released yesterday by Iran's National Iranian Oil Tanker Company (NITC) showed two gaping holes in the side of the vessel.

For the first time the alleged damage done to the Iranian-flagged tanker showed the square-shaped impacts just above the water line of the Sabiti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Saudi Arabia today, where he will seal oil agreements as well as use his influence to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf

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5 comments:

Jac said...

I don't think that's Saudi Arabia who did that...they are too much coward. Why not an Israeli submarine?

Roger Smith said...


Hard to believe these holes were caused by an explosive. They appear to be cut by a sawzall.

This site has more; Aurora Intel. Some site on twitter.

Anonymous said...

A cruise missile could make such a whole it seems, if it did not explode. There would have to be 2 duds in a row (highly unlikely).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQEqSd1nYkw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggy-2_LI7eY

Perhaps the ship should dock at the southern entrance to the Suez canal and have experts form the UN come aboard and take a look.

Otherwise, I call bullshit.

fazman said...

More probably a iceberg

Anonymous said...

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