Missiles in 2019 Saudi Oil Attacks Came From Iran, UN Says
- Assault on huge oil complex shook global energy markets
- Trump administration has long said that Tehran was the culprit
Workers repair a damaged refining tower at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq crude oil processing plant following an attack in Sept. 2019.
Photographer: Faisal Al Nasser/BloombergCruise missiles that slammed into a Saudi oil complex last year likely came from Iran, the United Nations concluded, lending support to U.S. allegations that Tehran was behind a series of attacks that sent tremors through global energy markets and shook the kingdom.
While the UN didn’t go as far as accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks, it found that the weapons used in a series of blasts last year were of “Iranian origin,” according to a report Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Thursday to the Security Council that was seen by Bloomberg. Guterres also pointed out that “these items may have been transferred in a manner inconsistent with” UN resolutions.