they have to know there will be consequences to their actions. the message has been behavior and changes to iran. the united states pulling out of the jcpoa, joint nuclear deal, to try to get a better deal, try to get a control of ballistic missiles, to try to get a timeline. has that blown up and backfired? what we have seen is the hard liners are on the rise and more aggressive behavior. and you re suffering for it. iran is feeling the pressure of the sanctions, no doubt. but you re feeling the heat of that pressure. this attack on your country, if you re right, that iran did this, you re feeling the heat of that pressure. yeah. but we do not engage in appeasement. we will do whatever it takes to protect our country and our citizens and our residents and our facilities. and we will work with our allies to ensure that this happens. are we on the threshold of a military response, do you believe? we don t want war. the u.s. doesn t war. but it is really up to the iranians if
they have to know there will be consequences to their actions. the united states pulling out of the jcpoa, joint nuclear deal, to try to get a better deal, try to get a control of ballistic missiles, to try to get a timeline. has that blown up and backfired? what we have seen is the hard liners are on the rise and more aggressive behavior. and you re suffering for it. iran is feeling the pressure of the sanctions, no doubt. but you re feeling the heat of that pressure. this attack on your country, if you re right, that iran did this, you re feeling the heat of that pressure. yeah. but we do not engage in appeasement. we will do whatever it takes to protect our country and our citizens and our residents and our facilities. and we will work with our allies to ensure that this happens. are we on the threshold of a military response, do you believe? we don t want war. the u.s. doesn t war. but it is really up to the iranians if they keep continuing along this path, then they ri
deaths from cholera and humanitarian disaster, salvation, saudi bombs and so forth. this is the worst situation in the red sea and in the middle east region and we re reinforcing it. to that very point, let me play you two sound bites from the saudi minister of state for foreign affairs. his name is adel al jabear. the first one he claims the kingdom of saudi arabia does not want war. listen. we don t want war. the u.s. doesn t want war but it s really up to the iranians. if they keep continuing along this path then they risk the possibility of military action. it s notable that he pairs together themselves and the u.s. as if our military is at his disposal, which apparently perhaps it is. now here s a second sound bite in which he says almost the reverse. take a listen. we hold iran responsible because the missiles and the drones that were fired at saudi
the united states it doesn t seem like they ll be getting on a plane to new york for the assembly. when he was referring to fighting for the last american, he was suggesting that was likely what saudi arabiaians may end up asking the americans to do on their behalf. questioning if they had it in them to do that. here s the interview we had. what would be consequence of an america or sound military strike on iran right now? an all-out war. you make a very serious statement. because defending our country. i m making a very serious statement that we don t want war. we don t want to engage in a military confrontation. we believe that a military confrontation based on deception is awful. will have a lot of casualties. but we won t blink to defend our
welcome back. an escalation in tensions today between the united states and iran. iran s foreign minister sending a sharp warning to the united states and saudi arabia. this, of course, after last weekend s attacks on saudi oil facilities. both the saudis and the united states blame iran. listen. what would be the consequence of an american sounding a military strike against iran now? we don t want war. we don t want to engage in a military confrontation. we believe a military confrontation based on deception is awful. we ll have a lot of casualties. but we won t blink to defend our territory. tough words there from foreign minister zarif. senior officials here in the united states say trump s national security team meeting again today to discuss their