Pompeo blames Iran for two tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman

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The United States blamed Iran for Thursday's attack on two tankers … the latest in a series of attacks on a global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz.
Reports Kim Ji-yeon.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of being responsible for the latest attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman … belonging to Japan and Norway .. further increasing tensions in the Middle East.
This is the latest attack in the region after the explosion of four tankers last month, affecting crude prices … while a third of all oil sold by sea transits by the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf near the Gulf of Oman.
"This badessment is based on the intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise required to complete the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks against the merchant navy and the fact that no active proxy group in the region has the resources and the competence to act with such power, a degree of sophistication. "
The incident put a damper on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's mediation efforts to ease tensions between Washington and Tokyo's key ally … while the attacks took place on a Japanese tanker during the two-day visit of the Japanese Prime Minister to Iran.
Tehran "categorically rejected" any involvement in the incident.
The Iranian Permanent Representative to the United Nations told a Japanese broadcaster of the NHK on Friday that it was Washington who was behind the attacks … reiterating the badertion of his Foreign Minister that the United States had not provided any evidence of these "unfounded" claims.
Shortly after the attacks last Thursday, the UN mission for Iran issued a statement calling for an urgent dialogue between all countries bordering the Persian Gulf to ease tensions … and calling for the international community to prevent "irresponsible and dangerous government policies and practices". The United States and its regional allies are reinforcing tensions in the region. "
Brent crude oil prices, the international standard, jumped four per cent from the previous session to over 62 U.S. dollars per barrel on Thursday.
At the moment, the Korean government estimates that the impact on local prices of gas and oil will be limited … but the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy indicates that the The problem could become serious if the oil cargoes pbading through the Strait of Ormuz were completely blocked.
Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News.

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