Omani Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said has congratulated Mojtaba Khamenei on his selection as Iran's new supreme leader, Oman's state news agency reported Monday.
“His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq — may God protect and preserve him — sent a cable of congratulations to His Eminence Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on the occasion of his selection as Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the agency said.
The Sultan’s congratulations came despite Iran launching retaliatory strikes across the Gulf just days earlier, including attacks on Oman for the first time since the conflict began and a strike on an oil tanker off its coast — a sharp escalation that threatens to broaden the regional war.
A fuel tank at Oman's commercial port of Duqm was attacked by several drones on March 3 as the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, which has responded by launching attacks at neighboring countries.
Oman has since been calling for a de-escalation and dialog to end a regional crisis triggered by a U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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