Iran hits Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline hours after ceasefire with US

US-Iran Ceasefire: Saudi Arabia's oil pipeline was targeted hours after the two countries agreed on a temporary ceasefire. Scroll down to read details.

US-Iran Ceasefire: As tensions in West Asia were rising rapidly, the two countries agreed to a two-week ceasefire. However, the latest reports suggest that Iran has hit the East-West oil pipeline in the latest attack. According to Reuters, the damage was being assessed, and the attack was targeted at other facilities too.

Iran attacks Saudi Arabia’s pipeline

Just hours after the two countries agreed on a temporary ceasefire, Iran has reportedly attacked the East-West oil pipeline in the latest attack. It was diverting a significant number of barrels every day, almost 7 billion from the oil heartland in the east to Yumbu’s Red Sea Port. This was happening after the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, the integral oil transit route globally.

Iran-US Ceasefire

After tensions of over a month, Iran and the United States agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

Mojtaba Khamenei said, “This is not the end of the war but all military branches should follow the Supreme Leader’s order and cease their fire,” in a statement read on the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council also stated, “It is emphasised that this does not signify the termination of the war… Our hands remain upon the trigger, and should the slightest error be committed by the enemy, it shall be met with full force.”

Tensions in West Asia

The conflict began on February 28 when the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran. These strikes led to the death of their supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Later, his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was declared the new supreme leader of the Islamic Republic.

Iran had launched retaliatory strikes on several military bases of the US. The two countries have destroyed many regions in each other’s territories due to the constant strikes.

Several top Iranian leaders have died in the attacks, which include the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, security chief Ali Larijani, defence minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, IRGC chief Mohammad Pakpour, supreme leader’s advisor Ali Samkhani, chief of staff Abdol Rahim Mousavi, and the spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini.

Now that the countries have reached a temporary ceasefire, the report of Iran attacking Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline has spread confusion.