INSIGHT: Drone used in fatal attack off Oman was Iranian

As the fallout persists over the fatal airborne attack on the M/T Mercer Street off the coast of Oman in late-July, attention has turned to examining the motivations and potential perpetrators behind the incident, with Iranian political and military forces potentially implicated. A US Central Command report published on August 6 provided the first indication of the origin of the attack, concluding that Iranian-made explosive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) had been used in the incident, targeting the commercial vessel in