Iran: Houthi rebels will allow rescuers to salvage oil tanker ablaze in Red Sea

This photo released by the European Union’s Operation Aspides shows fires burning aboard the oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea (European Union’s Operation Aspides via AP)

Iran says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker that remains ablaze in the Red Sea “in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns”.

Last week’s attack on the Sounion marked the most serious assault in weeks by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who continue to target shipping through the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.