Sunday, October 14, 2012

Iran may induce 'environmental disaster' in Strait of Hormuz, Der Spiegel reports | The Times of Israel

Iran may induce 'environmental disaster' in Strait of Hormuz, Der Spiegel reports | The Times of Israel: Iran is considering the option of artificially producing an enormous environmental disaster that would affect the entire region, in order to punish its enemies and force the West to decrease the sanctions against the regime, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday.

According to Western intelligence agencies quoted by the the German news weekly, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have developed a secret plan to intentionally cause an oil tanker to contaminate the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.