Iran Denies Tanker Attacks, Says Israel Trying to "Drag Trump into a War"

[munkle]

"Countries in the region" can only mean Israel.

Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict

Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict

Iranian officials accused "hardliners" in the United States and elsewhere of attempting to orchestrate an incident that would ratchet up tensions with the Islamic Republic, as the supreme leader vowed there would be no war.

The allegation by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday came as tensions in the Gulf continue to rise as American military forces head to the region and amid a series of attacks on oil infrastructure.

Four ships - two Saudi, one Norwegian and one Emirati - were damaged on Sunday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in what Emirati officials described as acts of sabotage near the port of Fujairah.

The incident happened 140km south of the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-third of all oil traded by sea passes through.

"We ... talked about the policies that hardliners in the US administration as well as in the region are attempting to impose," Zarif told Iranian state TV in India after a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

"We raised concerns over the suspicious activities and sabotage that are happening in our region. We had formerly anticipated that they would carry out these sorts of activities to escalate tension."

Details of the alleged oil vessel sabotage remained unclear, and UAE officials have declined to say who they suspected was responsible.

Mohammad Javad Jamali, an Iranian member of parliament, accused unidentified countries in the region of trying "to drag Trump into a war".

"I think the talk of explosions in Fujairah is just a hasty scenario and it suffers many shortcomings. Whoever stands behind this is pushing for a failed plan," said Jamali.

 

[BlackFlag]

Well regardless of whether the attack was real or some kind of false flag, at least we can all agree the last person in the world anybody would ever want dealing with the crisis is reality tv celebrity and foreign wife hoarder Donald Trump

 

[Tax Man]

I can see isreal wanting America in a war with Iran as it would make it so easy for isreal to go to war with Palestine.

 

[Issa]

Israel will get the US to sacrifice its resources, human lives to get in a war with their enemy. Ask AIPAC!!! Or is that anti semitic?

 

[Penelope]

As long as it's not jewish life. They could careless about non jews.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

"Countries in the region" can only mean Israel.

Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict

Iran suggests oil attacks orchestrated to spark conflict

Iranian officials accused "hardliners" in the United States and elsewhere of attempting to orchestrate an incident that would ratchet up tensions with the Islamic Republic, as the supreme leader vowed there would be no war.

The allegation by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday came as tensions in the Gulf continue to rise as American military forces head to the region and amid a series of attacks on oil infrastructure.

Four ships - two Saudi, one Norwegian and one Emirati - were damaged on Sunday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in what Emirati officials described as acts of sabotage near the port of Fujairah.

The incident happened 140km south of the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-third of all oil traded by sea passes through.

"We ... talked about the policies that hardliners in the US administration as well as in the region are attempting to impose," Zarif told Iranian state TV in India after a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

"We raised concerns over the suspicious activities and sabotage that are happening in our region. We had formerly anticipated that they would carry out these sorts of activities to escalate tension."

Details of the alleged oil vessel sabotage remained unclear, and UAE officials have declined to say who they suspected was responsible.

Mohammad Javad Jamali, an Iranian member of parliament, accused unidentified countries in the region of trying "to drag Trump into a war".

"I think the talk of explosions in Fujairah is just a hasty scenario and it suffers many shortcomings. Whoever stands behind this is pushing for a failed plan," said Jamali.

The timing was certainly suspicious, just as we are sending a carrier group in the to region this happens.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Iran has been threatening to shut off the Strait of Hormuz and has done so in the past.
It's not a stretch that they'll try and do so again.
If Iran tries to stop 35% of the worlds oil from passing through the strait they wont have any friends.