An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago, Iran’s oil minister alleged on Wednesday, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The comments by Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji come as Israel has been blamed for a series of attacks targeting Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The explosion of the gas pipeline was an Israeli plot, 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.
