Top stories from the past 7 days and right after the moment. This is a weekly on our Team International hello and welcome to our top story tensions between the United States and iran this week after washington accused tehran of attacking 2 oil tankers in the gulf. The u. S. Claims no one else in the region have the capacity to carry out u. S. Central command. Which it claims shows a reunion special forces removing an exploded mine from one of the vessels though the owner of the tanker say yes the crew reported being hit by flying projectiles iran for its part has accused the u. S. Of attempting to undermine peace and stability in the region and say its rival is engaging in quote sabotage the. Caught fire in one of the worlds key oil routes thats close to the strait of hormuz its the only way in and of the persian gulf now the incident immediately elicited worldwide reaction in fact triggering a surge in oil prices too with russia saying the situation could pose a threat to the Global E
Are joining. Us. Said the washington believes iran was behind the attack on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman during a press briefing. Threat to International Peace and security with details. Well the u. S. Secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the United States this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of amman today these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to International Peace and security a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and in an acceptable campaign of escalating tension by iran now 2 oil tankers were involved along with 44. 00 crew members that were on board those oil tankers the incident took place near the strait of hormuz now at this point were hearing that one of the vessels of the
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