Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackFeb 21, 2024

⬆️ #Iran accuses #Israel of #sabotage attack over explosions that struck its natural gas #pipeline

The “explosion of the gas pipeline was an #Israeli plot,” Iran’s Oil Minister Javad #Owji said, according to Iran’s state-run #IRNA news agency.

“The enemy intended to disturb gas service in the provinces and put people’s gas distribution at risk.”

Owji provided no evidence to support his claims.

Israel has not acknowledged carrying out the attack

https://apnews.com/article/iran-pipeline-attack-israel-mideast-houthis-tensions-gaza-hamas-152640dd550f27f718312b4ad3684a3e

Pipeline blasts: Iran accuses Israel of sabotage

An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago. That's according to comments Wednesday from Iran’s oil minister. Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji made the allegation as Israel has been blamed for a series of attacks targeting Tehran’s nuclear program. Israel has not acknowledged carrying out the attack. However, the claim further raises tensions between the regional archenemies amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The blasts on Feb. 14 hit a natural gas pipeline running from Iran’s western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province up north to cities on the Caspian Sea.

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Ramesh #NotGoingBackFeb 14, 2024

Blasts hit a natural gas #pipeline in #Iran. Officials suspect #sabotage and #terrorism.

Iran’s Oil Minister Javad #Owji compared the attack to a series of mysterious and unclaimed assault on gas pipelines in 2011 — including around the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 #IslamicRevolution.

Since the revolution, Iran has faced low-level separatist unrest from #Kurds in the country’s northwest, the #Baluch in the east and #Arabs in the southwest.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-pipeline-explosion-israel-hamas-war-gaza-tensions-791cc5831f0df8c764c311484822913d

Blasts hit a natural gas pipeline in Iran that an official says was an act of sabotage

Explosions have struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran. An Iranian official on Wednesday blamed the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Details were scarce, though the blasts hit a natural gas pipeline running from western Iran north to cities on the Caspian Sea. There are no known insurgent groups operating in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, home to the Bakhtiari, a branch of Iran’s Lur ethnic group. However, Iran has been on edge over its economy and mass protests for years now.

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