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#BREAKING
An Iranian vessel in the Red Sea is reporting an explosion.
Located around 60 miles off the coast of Jeddah, two of this vessel's main tanks are reportedly damaged.
Oil spill reported.
Fars News agency: Could be terror attack.

My initial take:
False flag operation.
.@TankerTrackers reporting this could be "the Iranian Suezmax tanker SINOPA... w/ 1mn barrels of oil bound for Syria. That’s her regular run. This is the 3rd Iranian tanker in 6 months to be incapacitated in this part of the Red Sea. 1st it was HAPPINESS I & recently, HELM."
@TankerTrackers #UPDATE
#Iran's official IRNA news agency
-SABITY ship hit by two "missiles" at 5:00 and 5:20 am local time
-No personnel hurt
-Situation under control
@TankerTrackers #UPDATE
Initial images from #Iran's SABITI ship.
@TankerTrackers #Iran's regime in "save face" mode:
-SABITI was hit by two missiles, yet no fire on the ship, according to the state-run Fars news agency.
-Holes .5 to 1.5 meters wide
-Iranian Foreign Ministry: Investigation on this "dangerous act" continues
apnews.com/55f68b50763c40…
@TankerTrackers As we have not seen a single image or video of the allegedly Iranian ship hit by "missiles," we can conclude that this #FakeNews campaign by #Iran's regime was aimed at rocking the market & boosting oil prices.

Again this proves that Tehran's mullahs cannot be trusted.
At all.
@TankerTrackers Important reality pointed out by @TankerTrackers
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