Revealed: How UN investigation
proved missiles that hit Saudi Arabia were Iranian
Iran’s new ballistic missile
Dezful, which has with a range of 1,000 kilometers,
during its inauguration on
February 7, 2019. (Revolutionary Guard Corps/AFP)
Updated 14 June 2020
ARAB NEWS
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Unique internal component enabled investigators to trace weapons
to Tehran, security analyst tells Arab News
NEW YORK: A
unique internal component enabled UN investigators to prove that cruise
missiles and drones used to attack Saudi Arabia last year were Iranian.
The UN
examined debris from weapons used in strikes on an oil facility in Afif in May,
on Abha International Airport in June and August, and on the Saudi Aramco oil
processing plants in Khurais and Abqaiq in September.
“The secretariat
assesses that the cruise missiles and/or parts thereof used in the four attacks
are of Iranian origin,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a report
to the Security Council. Drones used in the May and September attacks were also
“of Iranian origin,” Guterres said.
The strikes against Aramco
facilities caused extensive damage and briefly interrupted production of half
the Kingdom’s oil output. France, Germany and Britain joined the US in
September last year in accusing Iran of carrying out the attacks. Tehran has
denied any involvement.
However, the UN investigation “confirms what we knew
before,” security analyst Dr. Theodore Karasik told Arab News.
“These
missiles are consistent with Iranian-designed systems, particularly internal
components that can be traced back to Tehran’s production lines, or from
illicit imports for its indigenous arms industry,” said Karasik, of Gulf State
Analytics in Washington.
“Forensic
work shows that these Iranian missiles contain a specific type of gyroscope
that was found in missile wreckage after the attacks on Saudi Arabia. The
same gyroscopes have been found in maritime interdiction operations in and
around the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf of Aden.
“The
gyroscopes, which give the missiles their unique capability, are a trademark of
Iran’s missile program.
“The launch of these missiles
from northern Yemen and southern Iraq, as determined by telemetry models and
data, seals the case that these attacks on Saudi Arabia were conducted by Iran
in violation of international law.”
UN
investigators also examined weapons seized by the US off the coast of Yemen in
November 2019 and February this year, destined for Iran-backed Houthi militias.
Guterres’
report said some of those weapons, such as anti-tank missiles, were of Iranian
origin, and others, such as optical weapons sights, had been delivered to Iran. The UN chief urged member
states to “avoid provocative rhetoric and actions that may have a negative
impact on regional stability.”
Meanwhile the Saudi-led
coalition in Yemen said on Saturday it had intercepted and destroyed a
ballistic missile targeting the border city of Najran. The coalition said the
missile was fired from the Yemeni city of Saada, and some people were slightly
injured by fragments of the weapon when it was destroyed.
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