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Iranian media said the country's foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador and asked Britain to support the United States in the explosion of the oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman to "give a statement".
Unexpectedly, the British ambassador "debunked" the rumors and said that he was "listening to the blowing" and denied that the meeting was of a "summoning" nature...
Iran's foreign ministry summoned The British ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, the British ambassador to Iran, reported on June 16 that the Iranian Foreign Ministry had summoned "unacceptable" charges against Tehran in London.
On the morning of the 13th local time, two oil tankers were suspected of being attacked in the Gulf of Oman, and this news caused oil prices to rise by 4% at one point. Just when everyone was looking for the culprit behind the scenes, US Secretary of State Pompeo suddenly held a press conference to name Iran to be responsible for this matter.
The day after the attack on the oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said London had concluded that Iran was "almost certainly" responsible, according to Agence France-Presse reported on June 16.
Iran's ISNA reported that the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador, saying that on Saturday, mahmoud barimani, the head of European affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, expressed strong protest against the British government's "unacceptable anti-Iranian position" during talks with the British ambassador.
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Barrymani said the allegations were made without any documents or evidence and were consistent with Washington's policies.
"At a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday, only the UK accepted 'unsubstantiated allegations' from Washington." "Even many well-known media outlets have cited statements from the crew and shipowners to refute the claims of the United States and the United Kingdom."
The senior Iranian official also demanded an explanation from the British side and called on it to correct its position, accusing Britain of supporting "unfounded allegations" by US officials on different issues.
The Iranian media said the British ambassador said he would immediately convey Tehran's position to London.
Surprisingly, the British ambassador then denied that he had been summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and publicly "debunked the rumors", saying: "Interesting, I just learned (news to me)." ”
Makar tweeted: "I requested an emergency meeting with the (Iranian) Foreign Ministry yesterday and got approval. There is no such thing as a 'summons'. Of course, if formally summoned, I will respond, like all ambassadors. ”
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In fact, in addition to the United Kingdom, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubail also told CNN on the 13th: "We have no reason to disagree with the secretary of state's opinion." We agree with him that Iran has a history of doing so. ”
But Iran has denied involvement in the Gulf of Oman tanker incident. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that the accusation against Iran was part of a conspiracy of "hawkish politicians" in the United States and the Middle East.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said on the 13th that Moscow is warning all parties not to judge the Gulf of Oman tanker incident, nor to try to blame Iran for this matter, Moscow called for not using the Gulf of Oman tanker incident to intensify anti-Iraq. Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said it was too early to draw conclusions due to a lack of information on the incident.
On the 14th, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang also called on all parties concerned to remain calm and restrained to avoid further escalation of tensions.
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