{"id":43099,"date":"2019-06-13T12:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T12:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/13\/iranian-foreign-minister-calls-attacks-on-tankers-suspicious\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:37:40","slug":"iranian-foreign-minister-calls-attacks-on-tankers-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/06\/13\/iranian-foreign-minister-calls-attacks-on-tankers-suspicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian foreign minister calls attacks on tankers \u2018suspicious\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iranian foreign minister has described the reported attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz as suspicious, since it occurred during a meeting between Japan\u2019s prime minister and Iran\u2019s supreme leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comment in a tweet on Thursday: &#8220;Suspicious doesn&#8217;t begin to describe what likely transpired this morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He didn&#8217;t elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zarif described the talks between Shinzo Abe and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as &#8220;extensive and friendly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/13\/us-navy-assisting-2-tankers-targeted-in-gulf-of-oman\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Iran-Tanker-I-EDIT.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Navy assisting 2 tankers targeted in Gulf of Oman<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The price of oil spiked and Iran\u2019s foreign minister called the attacks \u201csuspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Khamenei said Iran would never negotiate with the U.S. and said that while his country didn\u2019t seek nuclear weapons, \u201cAmerica could not do anything\u201d to stop Iran if it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IRIB, the Iranian news agency, has posted several photos on its Twitter feed is says are of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneni says that while Tehran doesn&#8217;t want an atomic bomb, &#8220;America could not do anything&#8221; to stop Iran if it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei made the comment on Thursday during a meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2019\/06\/12\/days-after-centcom-boss-talks-of-need-for-renewed-military-presence-to-counter-iran-japans-abe-heads-there-to-ease-tensions\/\" target=_blank>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe<\/a>, who came to Tehran as an interlocutor for President Donald Trump to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/04\/what-war-with-iran-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_19098471996944.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with Iran could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Military Times interviewed more than a dozen military experts, including current and former U.S. military officials, about how a conflict might begin and how it could play out. This is what they said could happen:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His visit may not have succeeded, however. Khamenei earlier was quoted as saying Iran &#8220;will in no way repeat&#8221; negotiations with the U.S. amid tension over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei&#8217;s official website quoted him as telling Abe: &#8220;I don&#8217;t regard Trump as deserving any exchange of messages and have no response for him and will give no response.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei says that Tehran \u201cwill in no way repeat\u201d negotiations with the U.S. amid tension over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei made the comment on Thursday, during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who traveled to Tehran as an interlocutor for President Donald Trump to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the comments by Khamenei could indicate that Abe&#8217;s visit may not have succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/06\/us-centcom-commander-says-mideast-buildup-prompted-iran-step-back\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5282884.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US CENTCOM commander says Mideast buildup prompted Iran \u2018step back\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran has chosen to \u201cstep back and recalculate\u201d after making preparations for an apparent attack against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, but it is too early to conclude the threat is gone, the top commander of American forces in the Mideast said Thursday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khamenei\u2019s official website quoted him as telling Abe: \u201cI don\u2019t regard Trump as deserving any exchange of messages and have no response for him and will give no response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran&#8217;s state TV is reporting that the country&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has met with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid tension between Iran and United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting on Thursday morning, the second and final day of Abe&#8217;s landmark visit, came amid reports of an oil tanker explosion in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe is the first sitting Japanese prime minister to visit Tehran since Iran&#8217;s 1979 Islamic Revolution. On Wednesday, he warned that an &#8220;accidental conflict&#8221; amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. must be avoided at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe\u2019s trip is the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate the crisis as Tehran appears poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers, an accord that the Trump administration pulled out of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reported attacks on Japan-related tankers occurred while PM <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbeShinzo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AbeShinzo<\/a> was meeting with Ayatollah <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khamenei_ir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@khamenei_ir<\/a> for extensive and friendly talks. <br><br>Suspicious doesn&#39;t begin to describe what likely 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