Iranian state media has claimed an Iranian commercial vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz late Saturday, killing one person, amid an ongoing battle between the US and Iran for control over the crucial energy chokepoint.
The attack, which Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB said injured four others, took place early morning local time near Qeshm Island in the strait and comes a day before Tehran is set to meet regional leaders in Oman to discuss managing shipping traffic through the vital waterway.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy” for the attack.
The US has not commented on the reported attack and CNN has reached out to US Central Command for comment.
US forces have previously struck Iranian-flagged vessels as it maintains a blockade of Iranian ports and faces the renewed threat of Iranian ballistic missiles launched at its warships.
