Explosion sets Iran-owned oil tanker on fire near Saudi port city

  11 October 2019    Read: 1517
Explosion sets Iran-owned oil tanker on fire near Saudi port city

An explosion has set an Iranian oil tanker on fire near the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Reuters with reference to Iran’s Students News Agency ISNA reported on Friday, adding that experts believed it was a “terrorist attack”.

An explosion in an oil tanker that belongs to National Iranian Oil Company has set the vessel on fire 60 miles from the Saudi port city of Jeddah. The explosion has caused heavy damages and oil is spilling in the Red Sea, unnamed sources told ISNA.

“Experts believe it was a terrorist attack.”


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