Iranian drone struck Israeli-linked tanker, US navy probe says

The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon (Nabeel Hashmi/AP)

Investigators have concluded that an Iranian drone was used to bomb an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire last week, the US navy said on Tuesday.

The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon last Tuesday off the coast of Oman appears to be part of the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran that has included the targeting of Israeli-linked ships in strategic Middle East waterways.