<p>An Iranian missile struck a support ship in a friendly-fire incident, killing at least one Iranian sailor and wounding several others during a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported on Monday.</p>.<p>The Gulf of Oman is a particularly sensitive waterway as it connects to the Strait of Hormuz - through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes.</p>.<p>During the exercise, the Konarak support ship had remained "too close" after releasing a target, and was hit by a missile launched from another Iranian vessel, state broadcaster IRIB said.</p>.<p>"Iran's Moudge-class frigate Jamaran accidentally hit the Konarak ship with a missile during the exercise, in which at least one person was killed and 16 people were wounded," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.</p>.<p>Iran's armed forces regularly hold exercises in the region.</p>.<p>"The incident took place in the perimeter of Iran’s southern Jask port on the Gulf of Oman during Iranian Navy drills on Sunday," state TV said, quoting the Iranian navy.</p>.<p>The Konarak support ship is a domestically made missile-launching warship commissioned in 2018, the semi-official Fars news agency said.</p>.<p>"The circumstances of the incident are currently undergoing technical examinations," Iran's Students News Agency ISNA said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.</p>.<p>Tensions between arch foes have spiked since 2018, when the United States withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Iran, and Washington re-imposed sanctions on Tehran, crippling its economy.</p>.<p>Animosity between the two sides deepened in early January when a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. Iran retaliated on Jan. 9 by firing missiles at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed.</p>
<p>An Iranian missile struck a support ship in a friendly-fire incident, killing at least one Iranian sailor and wounding several others during a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported on Monday.</p>.<p>The Gulf of Oman is a particularly sensitive waterway as it connects to the Strait of Hormuz - through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes.</p>.<p>During the exercise, the Konarak support ship had remained "too close" after releasing a target, and was hit by a missile launched from another Iranian vessel, state broadcaster IRIB said.</p>.<p>"Iran's Moudge-class frigate Jamaran accidentally hit the Konarak ship with a missile during the exercise, in which at least one person was killed and 16 people were wounded," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.</p>.<p>Iran's armed forces regularly hold exercises in the region.</p>.<p>"The incident took place in the perimeter of Iran’s southern Jask port on the Gulf of Oman during Iranian Navy drills on Sunday," state TV said, quoting the Iranian navy.</p>.<p>The Konarak support ship is a domestically made missile-launching warship commissioned in 2018, the semi-official Fars news agency said.</p>.<p>"The circumstances of the incident are currently undergoing technical examinations," Iran's Students News Agency ISNA said.</p>.<p>The incident took place at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.</p>.<p>Tensions between arch foes have spiked since 2018, when the United States withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Iran, and Washington re-imposed sanctions on Tehran, crippling its economy.</p>.<p>Animosity between the two sides deepened in early January when a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. Iran retaliated on Jan. 9 by firing missiles at bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed.</p>