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UK Seeks Holding Iran Accountable Over Tanker Incident - Envoy to UN
UK Seeks Holding Iran Accountable Over Tanker Incident - Envoy to UN
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UNITED NATIONS, (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom will seek to hold Iran accountable over Tehran's alleged involvement in the attack on the tanker Mercer Street... 06.08.2021, Sputnik International
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"The door for diplomacy and dialogue remains open. But if Iran chooses not to take that route, then we would seek to hold Iran to account and apply a cost to that", Woodward said in a statement.The ambassador said the United Kingdom was confident Tehran was behind what it considers to have been a deliberate and tactical attack on the tanker in which one British and one Romanian nationals lost their lives.The Liberian-flagged vessel came under attack on 30 July, when it was sailing northeast of the Omani island of Masirah. Two people – a British national and a Romanian citizen – were killed. Israel immediately put the blame on Iran, a claim the Islamic Republic has vehemently denied.
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UK Seeks Holding Iran Accountable Over Tanker Incident - Envoy to UN
18:06 GMT 06.08.2021 (Updated: 17:24 GMT 15.01.2023) UNITED NATIONS, (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom will seek to hold Iran accountable over Tehran's alleged involvement in the attack on the tanker Mercer Street off the coast of Oman if the matter is not settled diplomatically, UK Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward said on Friday.
"The door for diplomacy and dialogue remains open. But if Iran chooses not to take that route, then we would seek to hold Iran to account and apply a cost to that", Woodward said in a statement.
The ambassador said the United Kingdom was confident
Tehran was behind what it considers to have been a deliberate and tactical attack on the tanker in which one British and one Romanian nationals lost their lives.
"Based on the assessment of the data, the system used in the attack was an Iranian sharp-edge 136 UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle]… manufactured only in Iran", Woodward said.
The Liberian-flagged vessel came under attack on 30 July, when it was sailing northeast of the Omani island of Masirah. Two people – a British national and a Romanian citizen – were killed. Israel immediately put the blame on Iran, a claim the Islamic Republic has vehemently denied.
