Iran has accused Israel of being behind twin sabotage attacks against its gas pipelines that disrupted supplies in at least three provinces last week.

Two explosions hit Iran’s main south-north gas pipeline network on February 14 and were initially described by Javad Owji, Iran’s oil minister, as a “terrorist act of sabotage”.

“The explosion of the country’s gas lines was the work of Israel,” Mr Owji said, adding, “the plot was foiled”.

There were no reported casualties but state media said supplies were disrupted in the provinces of North Khorasan in the northeast, Lorestan in the west and Zanjan in the northwest.

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