Iran’s main gas pipeline was sabotaged, according to the oil minister
The Iranian oil minister stated on state TV that sabotage was the reason for two explosions that occurred on Wednesday along Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network, although he did not name any suspects.
Additionally, according to official media, authorities refuted accusations that the incident resulted in gas shortages for offices and industry in some provinces.
“This terrorist act of sabotage occurred at 1 a.m. (9.30 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday morning in the network of national gas transmission pipelines in two regions of the country,” stated Energy Minister Javad Owji.
Gas disruptions were only occurring in the areas close to the damaged pipeline, which will be repaired later today, according to Owji. According to official media, temporary limitations had been scheduled in advance for maintenance.
Owji cited a comparable occurrence from 2011 and said that it was a sabotage attempt that resulted in brief gas shortages in four separate parts of the nation.
Although there aren’t many strikes like these in Iran, terrorists supporting Arab separatists claimed in 2017 to have coordinated attacks and blown up two oil pipelines in the western province of Khuzestan.
Iran murdered five individuals in December on the grounds that they were saboteurs with connections to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. This was the latest development in a long-running covert conflict in which Tehran accused Israel of attacking its nuclear and missile programs—a claim Israel has never acknowledged or refuted.
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