The US increased tensions with Iran today by publicly accusing the Islamic Republic of supplying illegal weapons to the Houthi rebel group in Yemen and “fanning the flames of conflict” across the Middle East.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said she has “irrefutable evidence” that Iran tried to cover up violations of international obligations as she stood before the twisted remains of a missile fired by the rebel group into Saudi Arabia,
Calling Iran a ‘global threat’ she said the US was taking the “extraordinary step” of declassifying American intelligence about Iran’s activities.
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RT reports: Under the current administration the US attitude towards Iran has hardened. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump claimed that a 2015 financial deal intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program has helped the nation fund terrorism.
Speaking about the new strategy on Iran, ambassador Nikki Haley indicated US agencies and their international partners are currently scrutinizing Iran’s ballistic missiles program, arms exports and “its support for terrorists, proxy fighters and dictators.”
Under the 2015 UN resolution on Iran’s nuclear program, the supply, sale or transfer of ballistic missiles from the country must be approved by the UN security council on a case-by-case basis.
Standing in front of a partially incinerated missile shell purported to have been fired into Saudi Arabia from Yemen, Haley told reporters at a Washington military base that illegal Iranian weapons are spreading throughout the Middle East.
“Our new strategy was prompted by the undeniable fact that the Iranian regime’s behavior is growing worse. The nuclear deal has done nothing to moderate the regime’s conduct in other areas.”
Haley said the US will attempt to build a international coalition to “push back” against Iran.
She said missiles from Iran have been found in war zones across the Middle East.
“It’s hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran’s fingerprints all over it.”
The Iran government has stated that the country’s weapons program is for defense purposes. The US envoy presented remains of a missile found in Saudi Arabia as proof of attacks against US allies in the Middle East. Haley said the missile’s intended target was a civilian airport in Riyadh.
Weapon parts from a “kamikaze drone” and a boat fitted with a warhead were also mentioned as evidence of Iran backed aggression in the region. A date or location for when this weaponry was found was not announced by Haley.
The Government of Islamic Republic of Iran has since released a statement describing the evidence as “fabricated,” report Reuters.
Saudi Arabia has welcomed the US stance and called for “immediate measures” to ensure the 2015 UN resolution is adhered to.
Niamh Harris
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the Islamic Republic of supplying ….. weapons to [people not bought/controlled by Washington] and “fanning the flames of conflict” across the Middle
East.”
There, I fixed it. Nobody could possibly do more to destroy world peace than those idiot peckerheads in Washington. It’s a shame that no country has the courage to form a war crimes tribunal on Washington’s enormous number of crimes.
Colin Powell 2.0
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U.S. arms Saudi Arabia and has killed over 10000 innocent wonen and children and not a peep from USA . Iran arms Houthis to fight back the crypto jew Wahhabi Saudis and USA gets triggered. What a bunch of psychos and hypocrits. Fuck Saudi Arabia.