Iran denies having anything to do with the attack on Saudi oil facilities. Known for the attacks with 19 visible impacts on tanks and pipes, the Yemeni Houthi rebels.
But the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia now states that the weapons used came from Iran. Initial investigations indicated that drones of the type "Ababil" had been used, said the spokesman for the military coalition, Turki al-Maliki, according to the broadcaster Al-Arabija.
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Clouds of smoke over the Saudi Arabian desert, right the Persian Gulf
Yemen's Huthi rebels have "Kasef-1" drones that, according to Uno experts, are almost identical to the Iranian "Ababil" type. These unmanned aircraft have a range of 100 to 150 kilometers. The attacked on the weekend Saudi Arabian oil plants are located about 800 kilometers from the border with Yemen. However, in July, the Houthis had introduced new types of drones to the public. In these experts go from a range of up to 1000 kilometers.
Pompeo sees blame on Iran, Trump threatens
The US had already blamed Iran in a few statements directly for the attacks on Sunday. US President Donald Trump also threatened a retaliatory strike. The US stood gun on foot, but waited for information from the Saudi leadership, whom she blamed for the attack.
Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo had blamed the "unprecedented" attacks on Iran, and Trump did not say clearly. Although Iran claims to have had nothing to do with it, the Islamic Republic has previously spread "very big lies". "We will see?" he wrote on Twitter on Monday. Trump also approved the release of national oil reserves in the US over the weekend in case of bottlenecks.
The influential US Senator and Trump confidant Lindsey Graham had already spoken on Saturday to attack Iranian oil refineries. Such a move would "break the spine" of Tehran leadership, he wrote on Twitter.
On Saturday morning, several explosions had shaken assets of Saudi oil company Saudi Aramco. According to the company, the complex in Abkaik is the largest refinery in the country.
According to initial data, the attacks led to a drastic slump in the production volume. The oil production had decreased by 5.7 million barrels to about half of the usual daily volume, reported the Saudi state news agency SPA.
