UK joins US in accusing Iran of tanker attacks as crew held
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from on (#4H6VF)
Trump says incident involving two vessels in Gulf of Oman has 'Iran written all over it'
The US has accused Iran of detaining the crew of one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman this week, as the UK also joined in formally blaming the country, saying no other nation or group "could plausibly be responsible".
Washington claims Iran is behind a succession of recent shipping attacks in the Gulf. It said grainy video published on the US Central Command's website provided evidence of Iran's involvement in Thursday's attacks. The footage purportedly shows an Iranian boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the vessels.
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