Trump requests to rise sanctions on Iran after Saudi Aramco attacks

The US President Donald Trump asked to impose more sanctions on Iran and announced to look for many options of war with Iran on Wednesday (September 18) after Saudi Arabia provided evidence of Iran’s involvement in its oil plants attacks.

Colonel Turki al-Malik displays equipment he said was used to attack a Saudi Aramco oil facility (photo: Aljazeera)

President Donald Trump expressed that he think about options of war with Iran on Wednesday (September) following the Saudi presentation of drone and missiles’ pieces to prove that Iran participated in the attacks on Aramco’s oil facilities.

He said “There are many options. There’s the ultimate option and there are options that are a lot less than that. And we’ll see, I’m saying the ultimate option meaning go in — war”.

He also wrote on Twitter that he requested the Treasury to “substantially increase sanctions” on Iran and will reveal the details of sanctions within 48 hours.

Furthermore, in his Twitter post, Trump stressed the US’s accusation that Iran got involved in the Saudi oil field attacks as Saudi Arabia called this attacks was a “real test of global will”.

The US constantly blamed Iran on the attacks because it was done by Houthi group, an alignment of Iran in the Yemen conflict although Iran insisted on not take part in the incident.

On Tuesday (September 17), the US officials had showed their consideration that the strike came from southwest Iran and the drone on the attacks had not used by the Houthis.

Moreover, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had asserted "It was an act of war against them directly, and I'm confident they will do that" to pointed on Iran as a culprit before the meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman

Following the meeting, the US State Department gave its statement that Pompeo and Saudi crown prince bin Salman “agreed that the Iranian regime must be held accountable for its continued aggressive, reckless, and threatening behavior”.

Evidence, provided by Saudi Arabia to prove Iran's role on Aramco attacks (photo: Aljazeera)

Earlier Wednesday (September 18), Saudi Arabia had showed the fragments of drones and missiles as the proofs or the Iran’s role in the oil plants attacks on September 14.

The spokesman of Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry Colonel Turki al – Malki had said “The attack was launched from the north and unquestionably sponsored by Iran” and emphasized that Iran had used its Delta Wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) along with cruised missiles in the Saudi’s Aramco attacks.

The US and Iran’s row on the oil facilities strikes raised the tension between two countries, in the perspective of the nuclear talks’ stalemate has not been resolved since the US had stepped out the 2015 nuclear deal to re – impose sanctions, especially oil export, on Iran in 2018.

Because of the US’s recent words related on the Saudi oil field attacks, Iran had announced to cancel the nuclear dialogues with the US in the UN General Assembly meeting. Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatolla Ali Khamenei had said “Iranian officials, at any level, will never talk to American officials ... this is part of their policy to put pressure on Iran”.

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In addition, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had also condemned the US and its allies in Middle East causing conflict in this region.

He told in the Iranian television “We don’t want conflict in the region... Who started the conflict? Not the Yemenis. It was Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, America, certain European countries and the Zionist regime (Israel) which started the war in this region”.

Reuters, CNBC, Aljazeera ( Van Nguyen )