US vows to respond to Iran over Israeli-managed tanker attack

WASHINGTON – Government United States of America (USA) believes that Iran was behind the attack on the Mercer Street-managed oil tanker Israel . Washington vowed to respond appropriately to the attack that killed the two people.

Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker managed by Israel’s Zodiac Maritime was attacked off the coast of Oman on Thursday last week.

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The attack claimed the lives of a British security guard and a Romanian crew member.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said there is information available regarding the attack. He added that there was no justification for such actions and vowed to provide an “appropriate response”.

“After reviewing the available information, we believe that Iran carried out this attack, which killed two innocent people, using a one-way explosive UAV, a lethal capability that is increasingly being used throughout the region,” Blinken said.

The statement followed Britain and Israel both accusing Tehran of launching an attack on the oil tanker Mercer Street.

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British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was quoted as saying Reuters, Monday (2/8/2021), called the incident an unlawful and callous attack. He added that Britain and its allies were planning a coordinated response to the attack on the tanker.

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