Saudi journalist says ‘not all attacks’ on Gulf coming from Iran, fears US-Israel dragging monarchies into war

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Saudi journalist says ‘not all attacks’ on Gulf coming from Iran, fears US-Israel dragging monarchies into war
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Iran told Saudi Arabia it was not responsible for a drone attack on an Aramco facility, calling it ‘an Israeli effort to sabotage regional peace’

Reposted from The Cradle, March 5, 2026

In an interview broadcast on Asharq News on 3 March, Adhwan al-Ahmari, the editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia and the president of the Saudi Journalists Association, said that “not all attacks” targeting Persian Gulf nations come from Iran, and stressed fears that the US–Israeli alliance wants to “trap” Gulf nations into joining the war.

“Some believe this war is an American-Israeli trap to implicate the Gulf countries and draw them into a confrontation with Iran,” Ahmari said. “This hypothesis, I think, increases every day.”

“What if the US announces after a week, 10 days, or two weeks that it has achieved all its goals in this war and that the war is over and then leaves the Gulf states in an open confrontation?” he asked.

In parallel, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported in an exclusive article that Iranian officials said Israel carried out several drone strikes on energy infrastructure in the Gulf.

The official reportedly declined to specify which incidents were attributed to Israel, but said at least some of the drone strikes on Gulf infrastructure were not carried out by Iran. 

“I can categorically say that some of the attacks were not carried out by us [Iran],” the anonymous officials told MEE.

Saudi Arabia has faced several drone and missile attacks in recent days, including strikes targeting Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery, and the US Embassy in Riyadh.

Two additional Iranian sources told MEE that Israel’s Mossad intelligence service may have launched some operations from within Iran, claiming authorities were searching for drone storage facilities allegedly used in the attacks.

Iranian officials also said Tehran had informed Saudi Arabia it was not responsible for the strike on the Ras Tanura facility, describing the incident as “an Israeli effort to sabotage regional peace and alliances between neighbours.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, meanwhile, told Gulf leaders that Tehran’s military actions were aimed at defending itself after US-Israeli attacks. “We respect your sovereignty,” he said, adding that regional security “must be achieved through the collective efforts of its states.”

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