The US request to build a coalition against Iran in Persian Gulf has been met with either silence or rejection, including blunt no from Germany, New York Times reports.. ..…

Rouhani Urges Restored Banking, Oil Ties for Iran under JCPOA . US Failed to Zero out Iran’s Oil Sales: Speaker Larijani . ... ‘Israel’ Concerned about Cracks Hitting US-Gulf Coalition against Iran . . ..…

Washington’s call has, however, been met with little interest from Washington’s allies, which are concerned that joining such an alliance could drag them into a conflict with Iran. . The French are noncommittal, while Germany, Italy and Sweden have rejected joining the alliance...…

Iran’s democratically-elected President Mohammad Mosaddegh had sought to limit the amount of control BP (British Petroleum) had over Iran’s oil reserves. ... In the created confusion, the government was overthrown, President Mosaddegh was arrested, and the pro-West Shah Reza Pahlavi became the..…