Mehdi Khoratian, a political expert affiliated with the government, in a program on the News Network, implicitly spoke about the role of the Islamic Republic in “activating” Yemen’s Houthis in order to attack Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure.

He added: “We activated Yemen, with all that misery, and we reached this point,” and added that Ansarallah’s action has caused a sharp increase in oil prices. Khoratian also spoke about the destruction of an oil pipeline line, saying: “Whoever did it, may God bless him.”