Donald Trump Blames Iran for Tanker Attacks: ‘They Are a Nation of Terror’
President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Friday for this week’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Friday for this week’s attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

Japan will not send Self-Defense Force personnel to respond to attacks on a Japanese-operated oil tanker in the Middle East, the country’s defense minister said Friday.

The U.S. military has released video it says shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard taking an unexploded mine from the hull of one of two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Tehran hit back, accusing the U.S. of waging an “Iranophobic campaign.”

Elements of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet were called to assist two oil tankers early Thursday morning, in distress after a “reported attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman.”
