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Source: https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/unusual-admission-senior-iranian-revolutionary-guards-corps-officer-iran-involved-houthi-missile-attack-saudi-oil-tankers/

Iran Ordered Houthis to Target Saudi Oil Tankers

(Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center) On August 7, 2018, the Iranian Fars news agency published an interview with a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander, Nasser Shabani. Shabani stated that Iran ordered the Houthi rebels in Yemen to target the two Saudi oil tankers in the Bab al-Mandeb Straits attacked on July 25. "We told the Yemenis to hit the two Saudi tankers and they did," Shabani said. His statement provided further proof of Iran's direct involvement in the war in Yemen.

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