Mossad intelligence helped link Iran to UAE tanker sabotage
US said set to present evidence on ‘pretty impressive’ attack — including materials gathered by Israel — to UN Security Council
Intelligence materials collected by Israel’s Mossad agency played a role in linking Iran to the sabotaging of four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last month, prompting the United States to accuse Tehran of carrying out the attack, according to a report on Monday.
The US is slated to present the intelligence — including evidence gathered by Israel — in the coming days, likely before the UN Security Council, the Kan public broadcaster said, as tensions between Washington and Tehran continued to simmer.
An Israeli navy official described the purported Iranian attack on the UAE tankers as “a pretty impressive commando operation.”
The official added that the intelligence suggested the goal of the Islamic Republic had been to damage the vessels without injuring those on board.
Last month, US National Security Adviser John Bolton accused Iran and its proxies of carrying out the tanker bombings near the Strait of Hormuz, a coordinated drone attack on Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels, and a rocket attack in Iraq. He did not provide direct evidence to back up claims linking Iran to the attacks, but told reporters that the conclusions were based on intelligence and evidence gathered in the region.
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