IRAQ-IRAN

Cypriot Tanker Attacked 

Iran has continued its assault on Gulf-bound vessels with its fifth attack on a tanker in less than a month. On 1 March, the 29,467 dwt product tanker Athenion Xenophon was attacked by Iranian planes at the Shah Allum Shoal, some 70 miles northeast of Qatar (26 degs. 22 min. north, 52 degs. 23 min. east). The vessel, owned by Blue Tainaron Shipping Company of Cyprus, was in ballast on its way to Kuwait to lift petroleum products. One crewman was...