An oil tanker named Sabiti and owned by The National Iranian Oil Company was on Friday morning struck by two explosions off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

Tehran said the supertanker was hit by two missiles 60 miles from the port of Jeddah around 5 am on Friday. The explosions badly damaged two tanks on board the vessel, causing its contents to leak into the Red Sea. 

The blast comes amid heightened tensions across the Middle East which have seen a series of attacks against tankers belonging to Saudi Arabia and its allies. Friday’s explosion marks the first time an Iranian tanker would be hit.

It also comes after Saudi oil facilities were blown up in a drone and missile attack which Riyadh blamed on Iran. Saudi Arabia had then considered a military response to the strike but has took  no official action.

The Nour news agency, which is close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said the crew was safe and had stopped the leak.

The state-owned National Iranian Tanker Company said that contrary to reports, there is no fire aboard the ship and that the ship was completely stable.

There has also been no word from the Saudi government on the reported attack, even as officials from the country did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 

Lt. Pete Pagano, a spokesman for the United States Navy’s 5th Fleet which is currently positioned near Iran said authorities there were aware of reports of the incident but declined to comment further. 

Before Friday’s attack, the Sabiti had not activated its transmitter for 57 days when it was in the port of Bandar Abbas but it suddenly began broadcasting its location again shortly after the blasts.