Iran has accused Israel of carrying out a drone attack on facilities belonging to Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco, describing it as a “false flag” operation.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency quoted a military source as saying: “The attack on Aramco was an Israeli false flag operation, adding that Israel’s goal is to distract the minds of regional countries from its crimes in attacking civilian sites in Iran.”
“Iran has announced frankly that it will target all American and Israeli interests, installation, and facilities in the region, and has attacked many of them so far, but Aramco facilities have not been among the targets of Iranian attacks so far,” the source told the agency.
The source also claimed: “According to data provided to us by intelligence sources, the port of Fujairah in the UAE is also one of the next targets of the Israelis in the false flag operation, and this regime intends to attack it.”
Earlier on Monday, one of Aramco’s oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia was hit by a drone.
Sources told Reuters that Saudi Aramco had shut down its refinery in Ras Tanura as a precaution after the drone attack, adding that the situation was under control.
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