{"id":17225,"date":"2019-09-18T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=17225"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:37:05","slug":"us-blame-game-on-saudi-oil-attack-wont-stop-yemenis-response-iran-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/us-blame-game-on-saudi-oil-attack-wont-stop-yemenis-response-iran-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"US blame game on Saudi oil attack won\u2019t stop Yemenis’ response: Iran FM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the United States for playing a blame game over the recent Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, saying this will never stop Yemeni victims from giving a response.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US “is in denial if it thinks that Yemeni victims of 4.5 yrs of the worst war crimes wouldn\u2019t do all to strike back. Perhaps it\u2019s embarrassed that $100s of blns of its arms didn\u2019t intercept Yemeni fire,\u201d Zarif said in a post on his Twitter account on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cBut blaming Iran won\u2019t change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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US is in denial if it thinks that Yemeni victims of 4.5 yrs of the worst war crimes wouldn’t do all to strike back.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s embarrassed that $100s of blns of its arms didn’t intercept Yemeni fire.<\/p>\n

But blaming Iran won’t change that.<\/p>\n

Ending the war=only solution for all. pic.twitter.com\/w1qUkdfw6M<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Zarif reiterated Iran\u2019s stance that ending the deadly war on Yemen is the \u201conly solution for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah movement and their allies in the Yemeni army deployed as many as 10 drones to bomb Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities run by the Saudi state-owned oil company Aramco before dawn Saturday.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented attack knocked out more than half of Saudi crude output, or five percent of global supply, prompting Saudi and US officials to claim without any evidence that it probably originated from Iraq or Iran.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, US Vice President Mike Pence reiterated the tone set by President Donald Trump and said that \u201cit\u2019s certainly looking like Iran was behind these attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the president said, we don\u2019t want war with anybody but the United States is prepared,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n

Tehran has categorically dismissed Washington\u2019s claim of Iranian involvement in the Yemeni raids.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Yemeni drone attacks for ‘legitimate self-defense’: Iran<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rouhani says the Saudi-led war on Yemen has left the nation with no option but to defend themselves with retaliatory attacks.<\/a><\/div>\n

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said on Monday that the Yemeni army\u2019s drone attacks were merely for legitimate self-defense, and no one can expect the Yemenis to remain silent when their country is destroyed.<\/p>\n

The people of Yemen \u201chave to respond\u201d to the foreign aggression and the influx of US and European weapons into Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Iranian president told a briefing held in Ankara on Monday after his trilateral summit with his Russian and Turkish counterparts.<\/p>\n

In another tweet, Zarif denounced Washington for remaining silent on the Saudi-led coalition\u2019s massacre of Yemeni children with US-made weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust imagine: The US isn\u2019t upset when its allies mercilessly BOMB babies in Yemen for over 4 years\u2014with its arms and its military assistance,\u201d the Iranian foreign minister said. \u201cBut it is terribly upset when the victims react the only way they can\u2014against the aggressor\u2019s OIL refineries,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Just imagine: The US isn\u2019t upset when its allies mercilessly BOMB babies in Yemen for over 4 years\u2014with its arms and its military assistance.<\/p>\n

But it is terribly upset when the victims react the only way they can\u2014against the aggressor’s OIL refineries. #EndYemenWarNow<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Yemen has rejected claims that Iran and Iraq might have played a role in the attack.<\/p>\n

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PressTV-Houthis warn foreigners to leave Saudi Aramco’s plants<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Yemen’s Houthi movement says Saudi Aramco’s oil processing plants are still a target and can be attacked at “any moment”, warning foreigners to leave the area.<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cWe confirm that these operations were carried out from Yemeni territories and by the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees,\u201d said Brigadier General Abdullah al-Jefri, head of the Yemeni air forces.<\/p>\n

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