European guarantors of the Iran nuclear deal issue joint rebuke of Tehran and urge ‘dialogue.’
NEW YORK — The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Monday blamed Iran for an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the attacks on oil facilities on Saudi territory on September 14th, 2019 in Abqaiq and Khurais, and we reaffirm in this context our full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its population,” French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a joint statement after meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
“It is clear to us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack,” the leaders said. “There is no other plausible explanation. We support ongoing investigations to establish further details.”
It was a particularly a sharp rebuke of Tehran by three European powers that have been struggling to preserve the Iran nuclear deal (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) against enormous pressure from Washington.
The public calling out of Iran’s culpability will also likely further complicate a recent effort by Macron to defuse tensions over the nuclear deal, and even broker a meeting this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
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<p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>It was a particularly a sharp rebuke of Tehran by three European powers that have been struggling to preserve the Iran nuclear deal against enormous pressure from Washington https://t.co/yBFCtII9K9</p>— POLITICO (@politico) September 23, 2019
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