Iranian explosives-laden boat used to target tanker in Iraqi waters – Iraqi sources

BASRA, Iraq, March 5 (Reuters) - An Iranian remote controlled boat laden with explosives was used on Thursday to target and damage the Bahamas flagged crude oil tanker Sonangol Namibe anchored in Iraqi waters, according to initial assessments from two Iraqi port security sources.

The small boat exploded after hitting the tanker and was the first recorded attack inside Iraq’s exclusive economic zone waters and an escalation of threats to commercial ships in the Gulf, the sources said.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had hit a U.S. tanker in the northern part of the Gulf and the vessel was on fire.