A suspected terrorist attack has led to explosion of an Iranian oil tanker in Red Sea on October 11, according to Iranian media. It is also reported that explosion was caused by two missiles. tanker which belongs to National Iranian Oil Company caught fire after blast at about 120km (60 miles) off coast of Saudi port city of Jeddah, ncies reported. According to Iranian media,  tanker suffered heavy dam and oil is spilling into Red Sea. Experts believe it was a terrorist ask, reports ded. Yet Saudi Arabia authorities did t respond immediately to incident. 

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Attacks on oil infrastructure in Middle East

Amid heightened tensions in Middle East, attacks on oil infrastructures have surged in recent days in Gulf.   incident on Friday follows USA's allegations against Iran which claims that country h attacked oil tankers near Strait of Hormuz. Yet accusations were denied by Iran. On September 14, re were missile attacks on Saudi Aramco facility which halted about 5 per cent of world's oil supply. attack was claimed by militant group Houthis, yet both USA and Saudi Arabia believed that attack was funded by Iran. US-Iran relations have been constantly deteriorating since USA's withdrawal from  nuclear deal in 2018. United States also reimposed severe sanctions on Iran's oil and banking sectors in what it calls a maximum pressure campaign following nuclear withdrawal. 

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Detention of Iranian flagged oil tanker rian Darya 1 

Earlier, an Iranian flagged oil tanker rian Darya 1 also faced a lot of controversies and h to be constantly detained in various countries. US federal court documents allege rian Grace’s true owner is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a paramilitary organization answerable only to Supreme Leer Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. US declared Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist organization in April. It was  first time America named a military force of a nation as such, giving USA legal power to issue a warrant for vessel’s seizure. However, regulation of power depends on ackwledgement of any nation.

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