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Iran’s reactions to global condemnation of attacks on Saudi oil facilities U.S. intelligence community released satellite images of the latest attack on Saudi oil facilities Iran, September 16, 2019 — The attack on Aramco oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday , September 14, have resulted in a wide scope of global condemnations. Increasing reports are pointing fingers at Iran’s regime and denying the claim made by Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen accepting responsibility for this recent  assault . “Iran launched nearly a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 drones from its territory in the attack on a key Saudi oil facility,” a senior U.S. official said to ABC. Keyhan  daily, a known mouthpiece of Iranian regime Supreme Leader  Ali Khamenei , wrote a telling reaction following these unprecedented turn of events. “The attack on Saudi refiners and airports that once were considered strange and even impossible have all become very possible today… The...

Tehran Regime Attack on Saudi Arabia Demands a Response September 16, 2019 Clare M. Lopez The Iranian regime has been escalating its aggression all year, with attacks against oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, outright seizure of commercial ships and crews, drone attacks against Saudi oil infrastructure by terror proxies in Iraq and Yemen, and now, a direct attack from Iranian territory by both drones and cruise missiles against Saudi Arabia. The 14 September 2019 attack on two of Saudi Arabia’s largest oil processing facilities (the Abqaiq and Khurais plants) reportedly took out nearly half of the Kingdom’s daily oil output, resulting in a 5% cut to overall world production. This is an act of war, direct, unequivocal, and with no room for plausible deniability. It must be met with an equally direct, prompt, kinetic response. It is up to the Saudi government, of course, to issue a statement that fixes responsibility for the attack firmly with the Tehran regime and...