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Iran’s largest navy vessel sinks in Gulf of Oman after catching fire: reports

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Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support ship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.The blaze began around 2:25 a.m.

and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Iran says inspectors may no longer access surveillance images of nuclear sites Photos circulated on Iranian social media of sailors wearing life jackets evacuating the vessel as a fire.

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