- TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. speedboats
attacked an Iranian-registered Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday
injuring two people, Iran's state television reported.
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- Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador,
whose country represents U.S. interests in Iran, later on Wednesday to
deliver Tehran's ``strong protest'' and demand explanation, it said.
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- The television said the tanker was on its way to the
southwestern Iranian port of Abadan when it came under attack. It did not
give any more details of the incident.
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- The Swiss envoy told an Iranian Foreign Ministry official
the American boats had mistaken the tanker for an Iraqi vessel smuggling
oil, according to the television.
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- U.S. forces in the Gulf regularly intercept ships suspected
of carrying Iraqi oil in violation of U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad
for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
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- An Iraqi vessel sank last month after being boarded by
U.S. navy troops enforcing the sanctions in the region.
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- Tehran and Washington broke diplomatic ties after Iranian
militants seized the U.S. embassy in the Iranian capital in 1979 and took
its staff hostage.
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