Another Iran Message for Biden
District of Columbia, International | August 3, 2021
The U.S. fingers Tehran for another attack but still wants a nuclear deal.
How many Iranian slaps in the face will it take for President Biden to accept that he can’t change Tehran’s malign behavior by returning to the 2015 nuclear deal?
The latest provocation was an attack Thursday night in the Arabian Sea on a commercial oil tanker that killed two crew members. The tanker Mercer Street is managed by a London-based company owned by an Israeli billionaire. Israel fingered Iran for the attack, and Iran denied it. On Sunday the U.S. and U.K. joined Israel in holding Iran responsible.
“Upon review of the available information, we are confident that Iran conducted this attack, which killed two innocent people, using one-way explosive UAVs, a lethal capability it is increasingly employing throughout the region,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement. He said the U.S. is coordinating with allies on a response… (Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)