{"id":9937,"date":"2019-06-24T13:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2021-01-21T19:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:57:49","slug":"rt-analyst-was-right-on-the-gulf-of-oman-tankers-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nejatngo.org\/en\/posts\/9937","title":{"rendered":"RT Analyst was right on the Gulf of Oman tankers incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gulf of Oman tankers incident: Attempt to start a war or invitation to resume US-Iran talks?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thursday\u2019s Gulf of Oman tanker explosions may be exploited to trigger the war between US and Iran, an analyst told RT, adding that the links of Japan and Oman to the incident were no coincidence.
\nTwo oil tankers were rocked by powerful blasts not far from Oman\u2019s shores on Thursday. Little is known about the incident so far, but some reports insist that one of vessels was hit by a torpedo.
\n\u201cA torpedo does make sense,\u201d Alessandro Bruno of Gulf State Analytics said. \u201cSome torpedoes can be launched by airplanes at a distance, as well as by submarines. Besides, if the tankers had been attacked from above the sea level \u2013by boats\u2013 there would\u2019ve been witnesses,\u201d he suggested, but apparently there aren\u2019t any.
\nWashington accused Iran of the attack, although it didn’t provide any proof. Bruno believes \u201ca number of people could be interested in it, and for a number of reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The obvious answer is Saudi Arabia and the US or the Iranian opposition group, Mojahedin-e Khalq, which sabotages Iranian government interests and facilities for the past few years.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tanker explosions \u201clook like a technique that Trump\u2019s national security adviser John Bolton would exploit to cause trouble in Iran and trigger a conflict,\u201d the analyst said, but Donald Trump \u201cmight not be prepared to take a dangerous line\u201d as his hawks are pushing for.
\nAfter withdrawing the US from the Iranian nuclear deal last year, Donald Trump has been insisting that a new accord \u2013which would also incorporate Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile developments\u2013 must be signed. But Iran bluntly refuses to get involved in any negotiations, despite the Americans pressuring it, by sending warships to the Persian Gulf and by tightening sanctions.
\nAnother significant fact that shouldn\u2019t be downplayed is that the provocation occurred on the same day that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was visiting Iran, on a first such high-level trip since 1979.
\n\u201cJapan is one of the countries that has suffered the most from Trump\u2019s sanctions against Iran because it was one of the biggest buyers of Iranian oil,\u201d therefore improved relations between Washington and Tehran are among Tokyo\u2019s core interests. Besides \u201cthe two tankers were, apparently, connected to Japan,\u201d he added.
\nThe tankers\u2019 blasts occurring off Oman\u2019s shores may not be a coincidence either. \u201cThis country is independent of the crisis [in the Persian Gulf]. Oman has maintained very good relations with Qatar and also has good relations with Iran,\u201d which were both made pariahs by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Bruno suggested that both Oman and Japan are interested in US and Iran making a deal and were ready to mediate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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