Iranian officials are claiming that Israel, not Iran, carried out several recent drone strikes on energy and civilian sites across the Arabian Gulf. They say these attacks were a calculated move to stir up anger among Arab states and pull them into the ongoing conflict with Tehran.
An anonymous Iranian foreign ministry official stated clearly that Israel was behind multiple drone strikes on Saudi Arabia and at least one attack on Oman. “I can categorically say that some of the attacks were not carried out by us,” the official said. Saudi Arabia has seen at least five drone and missile attacks, hitting the Prince Sultan Air Base, the Ras Tanura oil refinery, and the US embassy in Riyadh. Oman’s Duqm Port has also been targeted twice.
