An Iranian command ship stationed in the Red Sea was damaged in an Israeli mine attack on Tuesday, a US official has told the New York Times (NYT).

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “The Israelis had notified the United States that its forces had struck the vessel at about 7.30am local time.” 

The official said the ship was damaged below the water line and that Israel had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels.

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the vessel, the Saviz, had been targeted in the Red Sea, a day after media reports that the ship had been attacked with limpet mines.

“The explosion occurred on Tuesday morning near the Djibouti coast and caused minor damage with no casualties,” said foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh.

“The vessel was a civilian ship station

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