UK, Romania summon Iranian ambassadors over ship attack
Iran, which has denied involvement in the attack on the Israeli-linked oil tanker, responded by summoning the British chargé d'affaires in Tehran.
The United Kingdom and Romania summoned Iran’s ambassadors to their countries on Monday after a suspected Iranian attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman last week killed a British and a Romanian national.
“Iran must immediately cease actions that risk international peace and security,'' the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office said in a statement, adding that vessels must be allowed to navigate freely.
The United Kingdom has concluded it is “highly likely” that Iran used one or more drones to target the Israeli-managed and Japanese-owned MV Mercer Street on Thursday. Two crew members died in the attack near the Omani island of Masirah.
On Sunday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned “the unlawful and callous attack” in the northern Indian Ocean that he described as “deliberate, targeted, and a clear violation of international law by Iran.”
