"While investigations are still ongoing, these facts are strong indications that the four attacks were part of a sophisticated and coordinated operation carried out by an actor with significant operational capacity, most likely a state actor," the three countries said in the document. The May 12 attacks targeted two Saudi tankers, an Emirati vessel and a Norwegian tanker, causing no casualties but fuelling tensions between the United States and Iran during weeks of escalating rhetoric. US national security adviser John Bolton said on May 29 that the attacks were the work of "naval mines almost certainly from Iran." While the briefing document did not mention Iran, a Saudi diplomat in New York laid the blame squarely on the country. The three countries said the attacks endangered commercial navigation and the security of global energy supplies.

Source: bd News24 June 07, 2019 00:33 UTC