Tehran: US President may be tricked into waging war with Iran
According to Iran's foreign minister, accusations by the US and its allies that the attack on two key Saudi Arabian oil refineries was "an act of war" may be aimed at misleading Mr. Trump.
Reuters reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on September 19 that accusations by the United States and its allies that the attacks on two key Saudi Arabian oil refineries were "an act of war" may be aimed at misleading President Donald Trump into joining the war against Tehran.
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| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Photo: IRNA/VNA) |
On his Twitter account, Mr. Zarif wrote: "The act of war or the instigation of war by Team B (ambitious allies) deliberately deceived President DonaldTrump goes to war".
Mr. Zarif once considered the aforementioned B-Team, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to be able to drag the US President into a conflict with Tehran.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on September 18 that the attacks on two important Saudi oil refineriesArabia is "an act of war".
