DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Israel was behind last week’s attack on Iranian gas pipelines, Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday according to semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Two explosions hit Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network on Feb. 14 and were initially described by Owji as a “terrorist act of sabotage”, without naming any suspects.
“The enemy intended to disrupt households’ gas supplies … but within two hours our colleagues worked to counter the Israeli plot which only damaged several pipes,” Owji said on Wednesday.
In December, a hacking group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claimed it carried out a cyber-attack which disrupted as much as 70% of Iran’s petrol stations.
Iran’s Main Gas Pipeline Hit by Probable Sabotage, State Media Report
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom, editing by Michael Georgy and Kim Coghill)
