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Zarif Warns Against War as US Officials Blame Iran For Saudi Attack

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   Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb, National Security Correspondent Jeff
   Seldin and VOA Persian reporter Katherine Ahn contributed to this
   report

   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a warning Thursday
   against those who might consider attacking Iran in response to an
   attack on Saudi oil facilities, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike
   Pompeo directly blamed Iran and called what happened in Saudi Arabia
   "an act of war."

   Zarif, writing on Twitter, cited a group he has termed the "B team"
   made up of U.S. officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
   he sees as intent on driving a war against Iran. He said they are
   trying to "deceive" U.S. President Donald Trump into launching such a
   conflict.

   "For their own sake, they should pray that they won't get what they
   seek," Zarif said Thursday. "They're still paying for much smaller
   Yemen war they were too arrogant to end 4yrs ago."

     "Act of war"or AGITATION for WAR?
     Remnants of [1]#B_Team (+ambitious allies) try to deceive
     [2]@realdonaldtrump into war.
     For their own sake, they should pray that they won't get what they
     seek.
     They're still paying for much smaller [3]#Yemen war they were too
     arrogant to end 4yrs ago.
     -- Javad Zarif (@JZarif) [4]September 19, 2019

   US stance

References

   1. https://twitter.com/hashtag/B_Team?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yemen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   4. https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1174618160521261056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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