Explosion at Iran Oil Tanker Off Saudi Arabia: Iran Reports

An explosion damaged an Iranian oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Oct. 11, Iranian media reported

A Panamanian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf on on March 12, 2017. ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

An explosion damaged an Iranian oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Oct. 11, Iranian media reported. There was no immediate word from Saudi Arabia on the reported blast.

State television said the explosion damaged two storerooms aboard the unnamed oil tanker and caused an oil leak into the Red Sea. It did not elaborate.