TOKYO/DUBAI - Two"flying objects" damaged a Japanese tanker in a suspected attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the president of the shipping company said on Friday.
"The crew told us something came flying at the ship, and they found a hole," Mr Katada said."Then some crew witnessed the second shot." Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter post on Friday that the US administration had"immediately jumped to make allegations against Iran without a shred of factual or circumstantial evidence". He accused it of seeking to"sabotage diplomacy" amid a visit to Iran by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and"cover up its economic terrorism against Iran" in enforcing crippling unilateral sanctions.