Iran accuses Israel of attack that saw explosions strike natural gas pipeline

Two men look at flames after a natural gas pipeline explodes outside the city of Boroujen in Iran (Reza Kamali Dehkordi/AP)

An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused “multiple explosions” that struck it a week ago, Iran’s oil minister has claimed, further raising tensions amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The comments by Iran’s oil minister Javad Owji come as Israel has been blamed for a series of attacks targeting Tehran’s nuclear program.