Iran warns international community of 'making crises' after oil tanker 'sabotage,' as tensions continue to rise between U.S. and Iran.
The head of Iran's National Security Foreign Policy Committee said the international community must be wary of"making crises" surrounding the"sabotage" of four commercial ships off the coast of the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, as tensions continue to rise between Iran and the United States.
The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns these moves, Piseh said, and has demanded the perpetrators be identified. The initial assessment by a U.S. military team sent to assist the UAE is that Iran or Iranian-backed proxies placed explosive charges on the four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. official told ABC News. The official said each ship sustained a 5- to 10-foot hole at or below the water line.
However, Dr. Sanam Vakil, senior research fellow at the Middle East & North Africa Programme of Chatham House, told ABC News such moves by the Trump administration should be taken as"bluster."
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