London. August 1. INTERFAX-Iran is most likely the culprit of the attack on the Mercer Street tanker, such actions are not permissible, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said in a statement released on Sunday.
"We believe that the attack was selective and targeted, and it was a clear violation of international law by Iran. The United Kingdom has concluded that it is very likely that on July 29, Iran attacked the Mercer Street vessel in international waters off the coast of Oman with the help of one or more drones," the document says.
London stressed that Iran must put an end to such attacks, and freedom of navigation must be respected.
The Foreign Minister noted that Britain is working with its international partners to develop a unified response to this attack.
Earlier it was reported that the Japanese tanker Mercer Street, traveling without cargo from Dar es Salaam to Fujairah, was attacked in the north of the Indian Ocean. As a result, two crew members were killed - a British citizen and a Romanian citizen.
The Iranian authorities have denied involvement in the attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Indian Ocean.
Later on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Iran was responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street tanker in the Indian Ocean, and Israeli intelligence has evidence of this.
