
The United States stopped short of assigning blame for the latest episode but State Department spokesman Ned Price said there has been “a very disturbing pattern of belligerence from Iran.” “Iran’s naval forces are ready for help and rescue in the region,” Khatibzadeh said. (AP Graphic)Īn Oman Royal Air Force Airbus C-295MPA, a maritime patrol aircraft, flew in circles for hours over the area where the ships were, according to data from .Īpparently responding to the incident, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as calling the recent maritime attacks in the region “completely suspicious.” He denied that Iran was involved. “Not all the vessels would lose their engines or their capability to steer at the same time.”Ī ship in the Gulf of Oman may have been a hijacking target Tuesday. “At the same time, if they are in the same vicinity and in the same place, then very rarely that happens,” said Ranjith Raja, an oil and shipping expert with data firm Refintiv. That typically means a vessel has lost power and can no longer steer. The six vessels announced around the same time via their Automatic Identification System trackers that they were “not under command,” according to.
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The vessel’s owner, listed as Emirati free zone-based Glory International, could not immediately be reached for comment late Tuesday. Shipping authority Lloyd’s List and maritime intelligence firm Dryad Global both identified the vessel involved as Panama-flagged asphalt tanker Asphalt Princess. It wasn’t immediately clear what was happening off the coast of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman.Īccording to the Reuters news agency, which quoted two security maritime sources, Iranian-backed forces were believed to have seized one of the tankers. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)ĭUBAI, United Arab Emirates - At least six ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates broadcast warnings Tuesday that they had lost control of their steering under unclear circumstances as British authorities reported “a potential hijack” was underway in the area. The Israeli-linked Japanese-owned tanker MT Mercer Street is seen off the port of the Gulf Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on August 3, 2021. At the heart of this drama is the relationship between Ranaji, who is still in love with his dead wife, and a commoner, Gayatri who now discovers that becoming a Rani does not necessarily have a fairy tale ending.Reports say Iranian-backed forces may have seized Asphalt Princess tanker British military calls it a ‘potential hijack’ This not only causes a scandal, but sets off a chain of drama events within the family and the royal servants, impacting them to change forever. To cope with the loss of fortune faced, he marries Gayatri Seth (Drashti Dhami), the daughter of the state's biggest moneylender, Gopal Seth. Stay tuned to know what happens next.Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani is the story of the Royal Family of Ameerkot, which is headed by Rajmata and Rana Indravadhan Singh Deo (Siddhant Karnick). Gayatri on the other hand does not allow the guards to search the house. The guards guarding Rana decide to search the house from where the pot has fallen.

Rana manages to get the horses under control. Hearing the thud, the horses, leading the procession, lose control and go wild. In the eagerness to watch Ran, Gayatri accidentally drops the pot and it falls before Rana's procession. A flower pot obstructs Gayatri's vision, due to which she is unable to watch Rana's procession.


She, along with her mother, goes to the terrace to watch Rana. Just like them, Ayatri too wants to watch Rana. Rana Indravadhan's procession is on the streets where people are eager to watch him.
