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Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. June 16 at 5:21 PM As U.S. allies pressed the Trump administration for more concrete evidence linking Iran to attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week, Secretary …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated on Sunday President Trump’s claim that Iran was behind last week’s attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and that the United States is ready to take action if necessary. Pompeo said that Washington does not want to go into an armed conflict with Tehran, but …

Iran will continue scaling back compliance with its commitments under the nuclear deal unless other signatories show “positive signals”, the Iranian president told a meeting of Russian, Chinese and other Asian leaders in Tajikistan. Iran stopped complying in May with some commitments in a 2015 nuclear deal that was agreed with global powers, a year …

The missile missed the drone and fell into the water, the official said. Prior to taking fire, the American MQ-9 drone observed Iranian vessels closing in on the tankers, the official added, though the source did not say whether the unmanned aircraft saw the boats conducting an actual attack. Still, it is the first claim …

Just over 12 hours after reports broke in slumbering Washington about the new crisis, Pompeo appeared in the State Department Briefing Room to significantly raise the stakes. “It is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the Gulf of Oman today,” …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIranian TV footage shows a burning tanker Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on Thursday. He added that the …

The Kokuka Courageous, one of two ships involved in the security incident in the Gulf of Oman, was “attacked” twice with “some sort of shell,” an official from the Japanese owner of the ship told CNN. The first shot hit the tanker above sea level and the vessel caught fire briefly before the blaze was …