Iran denied Monday that it attacked a Japanese-owned commercial tanker in the Indian Ocean over the weekend, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson calling the U.S. government accusation "baseless."The Pentagon had said that the Liberian-flagged, Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck about 370 kilometers off India "by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran." The Wall Street Journal reported that the vessel is connected to Israeli tycoon Idan Ofer.Iran supports the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been engaged in a war with Israel since Oct. 7, and Yemen's pro-Iranian Hout…READ FULL ARTICLE
