Guterres says UN is unable to verify weapons used in Saudi oil attack were from Iran

TEHRAN - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the UN is “unable to independently corroborate” that missiles and drones used in attacks on Saudi oil facilities in September “are of Iranian origin”.

By Hamid Bayati

A look at London’s suspicious positions on Iran and Aramco

Johnson and Raab new Arabian puppets

Recent statements by the British prime minister and foreign secretary indicate that London demote itself to the position of an agent by accepting a new mission, and has begun a suspicious scenario against Iran. Britain, hostility of which to Iranian people is historically proven, has shown that it seizes any opportunity to hit Iran. Following the September 14 attacks on the Aramco oil facilities by Yemenis, Britain launched a new campaign against Iran.

 By Mohammad Hashemi

Does Merkel follow Trump’s footsteps on Iran?

The talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday (September 24) in New York were held at the height of tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Iran calls European trio accusations ‘provocative’ and ‘very destructive’

TEHRAN – Accusations by Britain, France and Germany - known as E3- that Iran was involved in the attacks on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities are “provocative” and “very destructive”, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday.

By staff and agency

Russia calls accusations on Aramco strikes ‘flimsy’

Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said on Monday “flimsy” accusations about attacks on the Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia are inadmissible.

Zarif: ‘Even Saudis themselves don't believe the fiction of Iranian involvement’ in Aramco attack

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that “even the Saudis themselves don't believe the fiction of Iranian involvement” in the attacks on the Aramco oil facilities, citing Saudi Arabia’s retaliation attack on Hodaideh in Yemen as a reason.

By Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Houthi retaliation on Saudi oil facilities checkmates Trump

“We promise the Saudi regime that our future operations will expand further and be more painful than ever as long as it continues its aggression and siege.” —Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sari'

Iran officially warns U.S. against accusations of attack on Saudi Aramco 

TEHRAN – Iran has officially presented a letter to the Swiss embassy in Tehran strongly warning U.S. officials against their claims that Iran had a role in the attacks on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities. 

By Javad Heirannia

Pompeo will have less weight in Trump’s national security team: expert

TEHRAN - Research Assistant at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security, says in the absence of Bolton, I think Pompeo, another Iran Hawk will have less weight in Trump’s national security team.

By Javad Heirannia

U.S. Iran policy unlikely to change dramatically with Bolton ouster: Jahanpour

TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a part-time tutor on Middle Eastern affairs in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, says “although Bolton led the most extreme stance against Iran in the Trump administration, he certainly was not the only person to hold such views towards Iran.”

By Alireza Hashemi

Reuters scraping the barrel implicating Iran in Yemeni drone attacks

It appears the western MSM have found a new pretext to further their pro-war line on Iran, this time using a Yemeni drone attack into key Saudi oil installations to bolster the case for confrontation with Iran.

BY: Ebrahim Fallahi

Attack on Saudi oil facilities: consequences and solutions

TEHRAN – As expected, oil markets started Monday trading with an unprecedented jump in prices following the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities which wiped nearly five percent of the global oil supply from the market.

Drone strikes disrupt almost half of Saudi oil capacity

Drone attacks claimed by Yemen’s armed forces struck two key oil installations inside Saudi Arabia on Saturday, damaging facilities that process the vast majority of the country’s crude output and raising the risk of a disruption in world oil supplies.

Satellite images show major damage to Saudi oil sites 

TEHRAN- Satellite imagery has revealed the extent of damage to Saudi Arabia's oil facilities caused by Yemen's drone strikes last Tuesday, which forced the kingdom totemporarily stop oil flow in a major pipeline.

By Seyedeh Mahdieh Qoraishi

Successful reformation in Saudi Arabia far from a sure thing

TEHRAN - As Aramco’s public offering has been halted, so has the hope in Saudi Arabia’s economic reforms, which according to the young Crown Prince of the country, were intended to fulfill the Arab dream. Saudi Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue and the most profitable worldwide.