The United Arab Emirates has said that initial findings of an investigation of May 12 attacks on oil tankers point to the likelihood that a state was behind the bombings, but there is no evidence yet that Iran was involved.<br />''<br />''The UAE along with Saudi Arabia and Norway presented the preliminary findings during a briefing to the UN Security Council yesterday. UAE told the council that the attacks were sophisticated and of the type most likely carried out by state services. <br />''<br />''The four vessels, two Saudi-flagged, a Norwegian-flagged and an Emirati-flagged, were damaged by explosions that took place within UAE territorial waters, off the port of Fujairah.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The US has accused Iran of being behind the attacks, which came at a time of escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington. Iran has rejected accusations.</span><br />