Iran faces the US escalation and Britain concerns in the Arab Gulf
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during his
participation in a summit on terrorism in Buenos Aires that the United States
wants Iran to come to the table for negotiations, stressing that President
Donald Trump is ready to hold talks with Tehran without preconditions.
Although Iran denied on Friday, July 19, 2019, what
Trump said that the US Navy had destroyed one of its aircraft in the Strait of
Hormuz, Pompeo reiterated that the Iranian plane was shot down.
Britain, meanwhile, said it was urgently seeking
more information after reports that a British-flagged tanker had diverted to
Iranian waters. "We urgently seek more information and are assessing the
situation in the wake of Reports on an incident in the Gulf ».
Dr. Eyad al-Majali, a researcher in international
relations and Iranian affairs, said that the political tracks of the crisis
between the United States and Iran are taking a step towards further escalation
and tension, especially after the impact of international political wills
within the framework of Britain's entry into the line of implementation of US
economic sanctions and internationalization Crisis with the international
community.
Majali said in a statement to the «Reference» that
there are offensive military operations carried out by the forces of the
Houthis in Yemen against the border areas adjacent to Saudi territory,
prompting the American side and its allies to demand the international
community through the Security Council to pressure Iran to stop supporting the
Houthis, Supplying them with weapons, rockets and aircraft.
He pointed out that the Houthi militias are one of
the important papers in the face of American pressure on Iran, and they and
other arms of Iran and its claws deployed in the countries of the region is an
obstacle to the stability of the region, stressing that Iran invests the
nuclear file and to withdraw its commitment to its terms, America against it,
so drafted to push European partners to do their duties and support the
protection of the agreement from collapse.
American threats
The United States threatened to destroy any aircraft
flying too far from its ships and said it had clear evidence it had dropped one
amid a tumultuous confrontation with Tehran in the world's most important
shipping region.
Earlier, Iran denied the removal of US forces one of
its aircraft march while a court in Gibraltar extended the reservation of an
Iranian oil tanker besieged in the conflict between Tehran on the one hand and
Washington and its allies on the other.
Tensions have risen in the Gulf region after the
United States withdrew last year from a nuclear deal signed by world powers
with Iran in 2015 and re-imposed sanctions to crack down on Iran's oil trade,
while Tehran responded by lifting many restrictions on its controversial
nuclear program.
Iran rejected assurances from President Donald Trump
that the US Navy had shot down one of its aircraft, saying it had no missing
marines.
On July 4, the British Royal Navy detained an
Iranian oil tanker off the Mediterranean coast of Gibraltar on suspicion of
smuggling oil to Syria's ally Tehran, in violation of EU sanctions.
The Supreme Court of Gibraltar decided to allow the
authorities to retain the Gris 1 carrier for another 30 days until 15 August.
Iran has threatened to retaliate for what it called
British piracy in connection with the seizure of the tanker. Last week, Britain
said it had intercepted Iranian vessels trying to intercept one of its
carriers.
