Share:The G7 foreign ministers on Friday condemned an "unlawful attack" on the Mercer Street merchant vessel, which they blamed on Iran. The attack took place off the coast of Oman on July 29 and two people were killed, including a British national. Meanwhile, the US Central Command (CENTCOM), which is the Pentagon's Middle East command, said in a statement that the Mercer Street came under attack from drones twice, before a third fatal attack took place. "The distance from the Iranian coast to the locations of the attacks was within the range of documented Iranian one-way attack UAVs," CENTCOM said. The evidence was presented to both Israel and the UK that "concurred" that the drone was produced in Iran, the central command added.

Source: The Nation August 06, 2021 18:11 UTC