Iranian officials have accused Israel of carrying out some of the drone strikes on energy and civilian sites in the Arabian Gulf, calling the attacks a calculated bid to spark regional fury and pull Arab states into the war on Tehran.
An Iranian foreign ministry official told Middle East Eye that Israel was behind several of the drone strikes against Saudi Arabia and claimed that they were also responsible for at least one of the attacks on Oman.
"I can categorically say that some of the attacks were not carried out by us [Iran]," the official, who requested anonymity, said.
The official declined to say which of the strikes Israel was responsible for, but Saudi Arabia has been struck at least five times by drones and missiles, with the Prince Sultan Air Base, the Ras Tanura oil refinery, and the US embassy in Riyadh among the facilities targeted.
Oman's Duqm Port has also been targeted twice, a sprawling site that the US Navy has had regular access to since 2019.
