Iranian MP: Oil Slicks Near Kharg Island Actually Caused by European Tanker Discharge

Odaily Planet Daily reported, according to Iranian sources early on the 9th, Jafar Pourkabbani, an Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly member representing Bushehr Province, stated that media reports alleging "Iran discharged oil into the sea because its storage tanks were full" are false and part of a psychological warfare campaign by the enemy. Pourkabbani said satellite images showing oil slicks near Kharg Island were actually caused by oil residues and ballast water discharge from a European oil tanker, an act that has caused environmental damage. (CCTV)