One sailor has been killed, and four others remain missing after a reported US strike on an Iranian cargo vessel near the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency.
Mohammad Radmehr, governor of Minab county in southern Iran, said on Friday that the body of one of the missing sailors from the overnight incident had been recovered by rescue teams.
“Unfortunately, according to the latest reports received, the body of one of those missing following the US aggression against a civilian cargo boat has been found,” Radmehr said, Mehr reported.
He added that efforts by local groups and rescue teams were continuing to locate the remaining missing sailors.
Earlier, Radmehr said a civilian cargo vessel belonging to residents of the Kolahi district in Minab had been struck near the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman during what he described as US actions in the area.
The vessel caught fire after being hit in waters off Minab county, he said.
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