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Iran comments on the accusations over Saudi oil attacks

16 September 2019 10:12 (UTC +04:00)

Iranian officials has poured scorn on accusations about Tehran's alleged role in the weekend attacks on a critical Saudi oil plant and oilfield as "unacceptable" and "baseless", as quoted by a local state broadcaster, APA reports citing Sputnik.

Note that, in the early hours of Saturday, two Saudi Aramco plants were targeted in what local authorities called a drone attack, which set the oil facilities ablaze and prompted the kingdom to halt about half of its oil output.

While Yemeni Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the recent drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was quick to lay the blame on Iran. Donald Trump said the US has "reason to believe that we know the culprit; Iran denies any role in the incident."