Article 4QM0W Saudi offers 'proof' of Iran's role in oil attack and urges US response

Saudi offers 'proof' of Iran's role in oil attack and urges US response

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Julian Borge
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Defence spokesman calls on 'international community to hold Iran responsible'

Saudi Arabia has ramped up the pressure on Donald Trump to respond to a devastating strike on two major oil installations, displaying drone and missile technology it insisted showed the attack was "unquestionably sponsored by Iran".

At a press conference in Riyadh a Saudi defence spokesman claimed that 25 drones and cruise missiles were used in the attack on the Aramco facilities on Saturday, saying repeatedly they had been fired from the north, the direction of Iran.

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