Iranian
Revolutionary Guards: We asked Houthis to attack Saudi oil tankers
Staff writer, Al Arabiya EnglishTuesday,
7 August 2018
An Iranian Revolutionary Guardscommander admitted that the Houthi attack that targeted the two Saudi oil
tankers in Bab al-Mandeb Strait was carried out as per a request from the
Revolutionary Guards.
According to the Iranian news agency
Fars, the Revolutionary Guards Commander Nasser Shabani said: “We asked the
Yemenis to attack the two Saudi oil tankers, so they did it.”
The Fars News Agency deleted the
article, which is considered a blatant admission by
Iran of supporting the
Houthi militias, minutes after publishing it.
Shabani also said that the Houthi
militias in Yemen and Lebanese Hezbollah militias “represented Iran’s depth in
the region.”
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| Screen grab of the removed article from Fars News Agency |
The Arab Coalition supporting
legitimacy in Yemen had announced on July 25 the abortion of a Houthi attack
targeting two Saudi oil tankers in Bab al-Mandeb, opposite Yemen’s west coast.
Arab Coalition spokesman, Colonel
Turki al-Maliki, had said that one of the oil tankers suffered minor damages before
the intervention of the Arab Coalition’s naval forces.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy,
Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih, had also announced the
suspension of all shipments of Saudi crude oil through the Bab al-Mandab
Strait.
On August 4, Falih announced that
Saudi Arabia would resume oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandab Strait. He
added that the decision was made after the Arab coalition had completed all
necessary security procedures.
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