At Least 19 Iranian Sailors Killed by Friendly Fire in Persian Gulf

An Iranian warship struck one of the country’s naval vessels all through an training in close proximity to a strategic Persian Gulf waterway, killing at minimum 19 sailors, according to condition media, an incident that comes amid heightened tensions with the U.S. in the spot.

The friendly hearth incident took location late Sunday night in the perimeter of the Iranian port of Jask, on the Gulf of Oman, when a aid ship was struck by an antiship missile from a close by frigate.