The Iranian navy's shooting at a Singapore-flagged tanker in the Gulf yesterday (May 14) is a clear violation of international law, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said.

Adel Al Jubeir said after Gulf nations' Camp David summit with US President Barack Obama that the behaviour must stop, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

Five Iranian boats fired shots across the bow of a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel.

It was unclear if the shots hit the vessel.

After the shots, the cargo vessel turned to the national waters of the UAE, where that country protected it using its Coastguard.

There were no US personnel on the vessel.

Representatives for the Pentagon could not be immediately reached for comment.

The shots at the vessel were fired hours before Obama and leaders from Gulf nations met over US efforts to broker a nuclear deal with Iran.

The US and five other world powers are in talks with Tehran to curb its atomic programme.

Iran, currently in a standoff with a regional coalition over security inspections of its own cargo ship, last month intercepted a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. It forced that ship into Iranian territorial waters by firing shots across its bow. - TradeArabia News Service