Israel Says It Thwarted Iranian Plan to Attack Baku-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

newsmax ^ | 04/20/2026

[BenLurkin]

Israel on Monday said it had uncovered an ‌Iranian network that had planned to attack a pipeline carrying crude oil from Azerbaijan to the Mediterranean as well as Israeli and Jewish targets in Azerbaijan.

In a joint statement, the Mossad and ‌Shin Bet intelligence agencies said a plan by ​Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to attack the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline through Georgia to Turkey several weeks ⁠ago had been thwarted.

The cell had also planned attacks ​on Jewish and Israeli targets in Azerbaijan including the Israeli ⁠embassy and a synagogue in Baku, as well as leaders of the Jewish community in Azerbaijan, the agencies said.

Members of ​the cell, who ‌were in possession of explosive drones and fragmentation charges, were arrested by Azerbaijani authorities.

It said the cell was led by Rahman Moqadam, who also served as ‌the ​head of IRGC ‌intelligence's Special Operations Division, or Unit 4000.

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[Owen]

Makes no sense. Maybe an Israeli false flag.

Iran has intermixed its oil with that of other countries with a Caspian shoreline and thereby dodged sanctions for decades with the mixed oil flowing on that pipeline for export.

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