British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused Iran of being behind the attacks on two oil installations in Saudi Arabia, in statements to reporters accompanying him to New York, where he is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rohani. "I can tell you that the United Kingdom attributes to Iran with a very high degree of probability the attacks of Aramco (the Saudi oil giant who manages the site)," said the conservative leader aboard a plane taking him to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, according to statements reported Monday by the British press agency Press Association.
"The difficulty is how to organize an international response," said the head of the government, adding: "we will work with our American friends and our European friends to build an answer that tries to reduce tensions in the Gulf region. . " "Obviously, if the Saudis or the Americans ask us to play a role, we will consider how we could be useful," he said.
An "act of war" for the United States
These attacks on September 14 have already been attributed to Iran by the United States, which referred to an "act of war", but Tehran denied responsibility and warned against "total war" in the event of an American response or Saudi. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States favored a "peaceful solution" with Iran.
During his meeting with Iranian President Boris Johnson will discuss "Iran's actions in the region" and "the need to liberate Nazanin but also those who we believe are illegally and unjustly detained in Iran", he pointed out, referring to the Irano-British Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to five years in prison for participating in protests against the regime in 2009, which she denies. His detention has caused considerable tension with the United Kingdom.