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THE IRANIAN ARMY says a missile strike on a naval vessel taking part in an exercise in the Gulf of Oman has killed 19 sailors and wounded 15.
The statement drastically raised the death toll in the incident, which happened yesterday.
Earlier Iranian state media reports said the Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship, was too close to a target during an exercise.
The vessel had been putting targets out for other ships to target. It said the missile struck the vessel accidentally.
The friendly fire incident happened near the port of Jask, some 790 miles south-east of Tehran, in the Gulf of Oman, state TV said.
A friendly fire refers to an attack by a military force on friendly or neutral troops while trying to attack an enemy.
A local hospital admitted 12 sailors and treated another three with slight wounds, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Iranian media said the Konarak had been overhauled in 2018 and was able to launch sea and anti-ship missiles. The Dutch-made vessel was in service since 1988 and had capacity of 40 tonnes. It usually carries a crew of 20 sailors.
Iranian media rarely report on mishaps during its exercises, signalling the severity of the incident.
This incident also comes amid months of heightened tensions between Iran and the US since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018 and imposed crushing sanctions on the country.
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My wife gave birth to our first child 4 weeks ago tomorrow and aside from the physical draining of little sleep and general just getting used to parenting the hardest part so far has been the mental impact. Constant worry, it’s just never ending! Worrying about things that you have more chance of winning the lottery before they’d actually happen. I know it’s all part of it but nobody can explain it to you until it happens and I can understand how easily it can escalate especially the way things are right now, couldn’t handle our little man getting sick. Still though, I wouldn’t change a thing and so long as we all mind our health, be mindful of limiting the spread of this rotten disease and, most importantly, keep talking to eachother things will work out for all the little pandemic babies
@Coco86: the worry is real…and hard to set aside. I think if we trust that we will do the very best job we can in keeping our children safe, it is the best we can do. There are things outside of our control (like this virus!!) but there are those things you do as parents every day and the memories you create and the family unit you have become – and will grow into over the years – will hopefully bring much joy.
We can only do our best and that is, actually, good enough. Once I understood that — and, of course, stopped comparing myself to everyone around me LOL – it helped me to stop worrying so much.
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