{"id":22518,"date":"2019-09-23T05:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T02:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=22518"},"modified":"2019-09-23T06:01:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T03:01:02","slug":"iranian-fm-reiterates-iran-not-responsible-for-saudi-oil-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/iranian-fm-reiterates-iran-not-responsible-for-saudi-oil-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian FM reiterates Iran not responsible for Saudi oil attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif reiterated Sunday that Iran was not responsible for the attack on the two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, saying &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on CBS network, Zarif said &#8220;the fact of the matter is that the Houthis have accepted responsibility for that. If it were a false flag operation, if somebody else did it, then they should look for that culprit. It wasn&#8217;t Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added &#8220;it is difficult for the United States to explain why its state of the art equipment was not able to intercept these weapons.&#8221; He stressed &#8220;I&#8217;m confident that Iran did not play a role. I&#8217;m confident that anybody who conducts an impartial investigation will reach that conclusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Iran would accept the results of the UN investigators, he responded &#8220;no, we will accept the results of an impartial investigation.&#8221; &#8220;We are confident that if the United Nations carries out an impartial investigation the outcome will be that it was not launched from Iran,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed &#8220;I&#8217;m not confident that we can avoid a war. I&#8217;m confident that we will not start one but I&#8217;m confident that whoever starts one will not be the one who finishes it,&#8221; noting &#8220;that means that there won&#8217;t be a limited war.&#8221; Regarding President Donald Trump&#8217;s willingness to meet with Iran, Zarif said &#8220;we&#8217;re ready to talk.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re ready to talk but talk in terms of something that is not going to be valid only for the next one and a half year or five and a half years. We need to talk about something that is permanent. That would last.&#8221; For his part, Trump told reporters earlier today<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>that on a possible meeting with Iran at UN &#8220;nothing is ever off the table completely, but I have no intention of meeting with Iran and that doesn&#8217;t mean it doesn&#8217;t happen.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m a very flexible person, but we have no intention. It&#8217;s not set up,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif reiterated Sunday that Iran was not responsible for the attack on the two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, saying &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t Iran.&#8221; In an interview on CBS network, Zarif said &#8220;the fact of the matter is that the Houthis have accepted responsibility for that. 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