Iran Says Israel Behind Attacks on Gas Pipelines

Iran has accused Israel of being behind two attacks last week on gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in several provinces, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid the war on Gaza.

“The explosion of the country’s gas lines was the work of Israel,” Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting.

NewsIran says Israel behind attacks on gas pipelinesTwo explosions on key south-north gas pipeline network last week disrupted supplies in several Iranian provinces.

There were no reported casualties from the attack. State media reported that supplies had been disrupted in the provinces of North Khorasan in the northeast, Lorestan in the west and Zanjan in the northwest.

Owji earlier compared the attack to a series of mysterious and unclaimed assaults on gas pipelines in 2011, including an attack around the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 revolution.

In December, a hacking group that Iran accuses of having links to Israel claimed it carried out a cyberattack which disrupted as much as 70 percent of Iran’s petrol stations.