March 4, 2020

Iranian officials have accused Israel of carrying out some of the drone strikes on energy and civilian sites in the Arabian Gulf, calling the attacks a calculated bid to spark regional fury and pull Arab states into the war on Tehran.

An Iranian foreign ministry official told Middle East Eye that Israel was behind several of the drone strikes against Saudi Arabia and claimed that they were also responsible for at least one of the attacks on Oman.

"I can categorically say that some of the attacks were not carried out by us [Iran]," the official, who requested anonymity, said.