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Tensions are being ratcheted up in the Middle East
The recent attacks upon the Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia have seen a ramping up of tension between the West and Iran. JANE GREEN highlights the dangers of further escalation
MEDIA SHOW: Holes caused by fragments of a missile in a damaged pipe in the Aramco’s Khurais oil field, Saudi Arabia

WHEN the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year, it was a signal that the undeclared war upon Iran by President Donald Trump was entering a new phase.  

Trump had always made clear his opposition to the deal with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed in 2015 and made withdrawal from it one of his election pledges.

Sanctions against the Iranian regime, further restricting its ability to access international finance, were increased last November — and Trump has tightened the screw further following alleged Iranian involvement on attacks on oil facilities in the region in May.

The West purports to view this incident with a remarkable degree of “clarity” without either seeking or producing any evidence to back it up

Military, economic and cyber aggression by the US — with EU and British support — risks an escalation towards war and poses a serious threat to world peace

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