{"id":5361,"date":"2020-07-03T17:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T17:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2020-07-03T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T17:59:22","slug":"trump-does-not-rule-out-rouhani-meeting-after-saudi-oil-attacks-as-iran-denies-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"Trump does not rule out Rouhani meeting after Saudi oil attacks, as Iran denies involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has not ruled out a potential meeting with Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, despite blaming Iran for devastating drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil installations.<\/p>\n<p>Iran denied it was behind the attacks on Saturday, including a strike on the world\u2019s biggest petroleum processing facility, which slashed Saudi Arabia&#8217;s output in half and threatened to destabilise global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Yemen&#8217;s Iran-backed Houthi rebel group claimed responsibility, but there were questions over whether it had the capability to carry out the operation alone.<\/p>\n<p>Kellyanne Conway, Mr Trump&#8217;s counsellor, said the development &quot;did not help&quot; prospects for a meeting between the US and Iranian leaders during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, but she left open the possibility it could still happen.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Conway said: &quot;I&#8217;ll allow the president to announce a meeting or a non-meeting. The president will at least consider his options.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &quot;The Iranian regime is responsible for this attack on civilian areas and infrastructure vital to our global energy supply, and we&#8217;re not going to stand for that&#8230; We will continue our maximum pressure campaign in Iran.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<noscript><\/noscript><figcaption>\nSaudi television showed the aftermath of the attack over the weekendCredit:<br \/>\nAl-Arabiya via AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal last year, saying it would not stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb, and reimposed sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>But the president has made clear he is willing to meet Iran&#8217;s leadership to renegotiate a nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Saudi attacks, Lindsey Graham, the Republican US senator and friend of the president, urged more aggressive action.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/rugby-Jerseys' title='cheap nrl jerseys'>cheap nrl jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said: &quot;It is now time for the US to put on the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries if they continue their provocations or increase nuclear enrichment.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Iran&#8217;s foreign ministry said: &quot;Such fruitless and blind accusations and remarks are incomprehensible and meaningless.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<noscript><\/noscript><figcaption>\nSatellite imagery showed the apparent drone attack on a Saudi oil facilityCredit:<br \/>\nPlanet Labs Inc via REUTERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr Trump spoke by telephone with Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to &quot;offer his support for Saudi Arabia\u2019s self defence,&quot; a White House spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, called the strikes an \u201cegregious attack on the security of Saudi Arabia&quot; and a &quot;reckless attempt&quot; to disrupt global oil supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The targeted sites were 500 miles from the Yemeni border.<\/p>\n<p>Two sources told CNN the drones could have been launched from Iraq, an allegation the country\u2019s leadership forcefully denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has not ruled out a potential meeting with Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, despite blaming Iran for devastating drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil installations. 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