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Iran news in brief, June 15, 2019



Iran news in brief, June 15, 2019

Trump Says Iranian Regime Was Behind Tanker Attacks
Calling the Iranian regime “a nation of terror,” U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the assessment of his top advisers and publicly accused Tehran of responsibility for recent attacks on tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said on Friday that the Iranian regime’s culpability had been “exposed”. Speaking on Fox News, he said, “Iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat,”.
US officials said on Thursday that the Trump administration was considering a return to providing naval escorts to vessels transiting through the maritime choke point.

Arab League Chief Tells Iranian Regime to 'Be Careful and Reverse Course'
The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, called on the Iranian regime to "be careful and reverse course."
Aboul Gheit said “We believe that responsibilities need to be clearly defined”. “The facts will be revealed, I am sure, it’s only a matter of time.”

UK: Almost Certain Iran Attacked the Gulf of Oman Tankers
The United Kingdom said on Friday that it is almost certain that a branch of the Iranian military attacked the two tankers on June 13 in Gulf of Oman.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Britain calls on the Iranian regime to urgently cease all forms of destabilizing activity, adding that no other state or non-state actor could plausibly have been responsible for the attacks.
The attacks build on a pattern of destabilizing Iranian behavior and pose a serious danger to the region, said Hunt.

McCaul: Iranian Regime 'Getting Desperate' After Sanction Waivers Granted
The Iranian regime is "getting desperate" after the U.S lifted oil sanctions waivers in early May, and Iranian leaders are lying when they say they weren't involved in the attacks in ships in the Gulf, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul said on Friday.
"This is clearly an IRGC vessel," McCaul said, referring to a video showing an unexploded mine being removed from one of the hit ships.
"Now they're trying to cover up the evidence, going back to try to take these mines off the hull of the ship so that we couldn't catch them in the act," said McCaul. "But the good thing is, we have great surveillance over there and we see everything they do."
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