Gas price drastic growth warned

Otherwise, he said, tensions would escalate. The crown made comments on the American television program 60 minutes.

The interview comes 15 days after strikes on Saudi oil facilities, which paralysed about 50 per cent of the country's raw production and 5 per cent of the global oil supply.

Saudi Arabia's de-facto leader called the shots a war act, as did US Secretary of State Mike Pompeii. The two accused Iran, the main rival of Saudi Arabia in the region, of standing behind the 14 September attacks.

France, Germany and Britain have also blamed Tehran for the attacks. Iran denies that it has a role in this event. /voa