Iran bombed its own ship during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday. A fired missile struck a support vessel near its target. No fewer than 19 Iranian sailors were killed and 15 injured. Iran\u2019s state media, IRNA, gave the update on Monday after it earlier claimed that only one sailor died.
A fired missile struck a support vessel near its target.Iran’s state media, IRNA, gave the update on Monday after it earlier claimed that only one sailor died.
Twelve badly wounded sailors were taken to a local hospital which also treated another three with slight wounds. The friendly fire hit The Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship near the port of Jask, 790 miles south-east of Tehran.The 47-metre vessel which has been in service since 1988, had the capacity of 40 tons and carries a crew of 20 sailors.In January, the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard accidentally
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