Unic Press UK: The Islamic Republic of Iran has denounced the United States allegations that the Iranians had facilitated the drone-based raids that set fire on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco’s largest oil processing plant situated at Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, and the Khurais oilfield.
Responding to the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s assertion: “Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply. There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen”, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. is stuck on the illusion that military victory is guaranteed by the superiority of munitions.
Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply. There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) September 14, 2019
Having failed at "max pressure", @SecPompeo's turning to "max deceit"
US & its clients are stuck in Yemen because of illusion that weapon superiority will lead to military victory.
Blaming Iran won't end disaster. Accepting our April '15 proposal to end war & begin talks may.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 15, 2019
Meanwhile, the Houthi rebels have claimed that it is behind the drone raids on the two strategic oil facilities. The spokesperson for the Yemeni rebel group, Brigadier Yahya Serai, said on Al Masirah TV that more operations against the Saudi regime is likely to happen in the future, the RT reports.
The damage to the facilities – Saudi Aramco’s largest oil processing plant situated at Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, and the Khurais oilfield – would disrupt 5 million barrels of crude processing per day, undermining circa 5% of the world’s daily oil production.
