TEHRAN – Iran on Monday rejected a claim by the occupying regime of Israel that it was behind an attack on an oil tanker earlier this month.

Tehran “strongly rejects” the allegation, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani told reporters during a press conference.

 “The Zionist regime has gotten used to leveling allegations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, like its main ally, the United States government,” he said.

Zionist PM Benjamin Netanyahu had on Sunday blamed Iran for the attack on the Israeli-linked Campo Square oil tanker on February 10.

Kanaani said the occupying regime of Israel has compromised other states’ security throughout its “shameful history” and therefore, is in no position to accuse others of offences that jeopardize regional security.

The Liberian-flagged tanker was suspected of being attacked by a drone. Eletson, the Greek company that manages the vessel said it was “hit by an air-borne object while in the Arabian Sea”.

The company said the vessel and crew are safe and only the vessel sustained minor damage. The company is thought to be linked with a British 

shipping company founded and chaired by an Israeli, Eyal Ofer.
The Zionist regime on Sunday launched air attacks on Syria’s capital which killed five people and wounded 15 others. The raids hit a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighborhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex close to Iranian installations, witnesses said.
Tehran had previously held the Zionist regime responsible for a January drone attack on a defense ministry site in Iran’s central Isfahan province.