For Western reports of suspected attacks on oil tankers near Strait of Hormuz have attempted to implicate Iran.. Gulf tensions have been close to boiling point for weeks which the US pulled out of last year. .. ..…
It has dispatched an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the Persian Gulf and decided to send additional U.S. troops. . The last Japanese prime minister to visit Iran was Takeo Fukuda in 1978. ..…
“…Iran’s revolutionary government threaten(s) international shipping in the Gulf (sic).” ... Claiming these non-issues “mark a new evolution in the threat Iran poses to the security of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live and work in the Gulf States..…
He failed to note the US sanctions and military threat to Iran by the deployment of thousands of troops in and around the Persian Gulf, and asked Iran to help him advance his mediation efforts. . ..…