“The vessel was hit after moving a practice target to its destination and not creating enough distance between itself and the target.”
The incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast of the Islamic republic, state television said on its website.
Tasnim news agency said in an English-language tweet that the Konarak was hit by the missile fired by another Iranian warship. The Konarak is a logistical support vessel made in the Netherlands and purchased by Iran before the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran and its arch enemy the United States have traded barbs in the past year over a spate of incidents involving their forces in the sensitive Gulf waters.
Tensions have escalated since 2018 when Trump withdrew the United States from a multinational accord that froze Iran’s nuclear programme and reimposed crippling sanctions on its economy.
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