DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s foreign minister warned Thursday that any attack on his country over a drone-and-missile strike on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry will result in “all-out war,” further pushing up tensions across the Persian Gulf.
The comments by Mohammad Javad Zarif represent the starkest warning offered yet by Iran in a long summer of mysterious attacks and incidents following the collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, over a year after President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from the accord. Zarif’s comments also appeared to be in response to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who a day earlier while traveling to Saudi Arabia referred to the attack as an “act of war.”“We won’t blink to defend our territory,” he said.
Pompeo wrote a tweet early Thursday after his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jiddah over Saturday’s drone and cruise missile attack on a crucial oil processing facility and oil field. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed the attack, but the U.S. alleges Iran carried out the assault.“The U.S. stands with #SaudiArabia and supports its right to defend itself,” Pompeo said. “The Iranian regime’s threatening behavior will not be tolerated.
What part of “glass parking lot” are you missing?
Hit it! 🇺🇸🚀
This will be a short war.
Haven't we seen this movie before?
Warlike hum....
Iran needs a spanking. Time outs have stopped working...
That means Iran would become a cinder in 5mins flat.
Iran mullah's a joke, a propaganda machine of lies, their people suffer, they never benefited from the 160 BILLION IranDeal that traitor Obama handed them to finance terrorists proxies ISIS Hezbollah & Hamas, just to name a few.
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