Iranian Ship Hit in Attack in Mediterranean, Company Says

Iranian Ship Hit in Attack in Mediterranean, Company Says
Iranian-flagged container ship Shahr e Kord is pictured at Haydarpasa port in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 13, 2019. Yoruk Isik/Reuters
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DUBAI—An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said on Friday, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of what it called terrorism and naval piracy.

The ship, Shahr e Kord, was slightly damaged in Wednesday’s incident by an explosive object which caused a small fire, but no one on board was hurt, the spokesman, Ali Ghiasian, said, according to state media.