(Associated Press) A Sunni jihadist group on Saturday claimed to have blown up an oil pipeline in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, the scene of other attacks by Arab separatists. Iranian authorities have not acknowledged any such attack.
An online video posted by Ansar al-Furqan claimed the attack and showed what it described as a pipeline near Omidiyeh.
The US-based SITE Intelligence Group quoted the video on Saturday as saying: “This operation was conducted to inflict losses on the economy of criminal Iranian regime.”
Advertisement - story continues below
