An Iranian official says overnight US attacks in and near the Strait of Hormuz struck an Iranian cargo vessel, wounding 10 sailors and leaving five others missing, AFP reports.
“During the Americans’ aggressive actions last night in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz and the Makran Sea (Gulf of Oman), a cargo vessel near the waters of Minab was struck and caught fire,” says Mohammad Radmehr, an official in the southern Hormozgan province, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency.
“Ten injured sailors have been transferred to hospital, and local groups and search teams are trying to learn the fate of the other (five) sailors,” he adds.
It was not immediately clear whether the cargo vessel was directly targeted.
