saudi arabia and iran have been at odds for decades iran is a largely shia nation while saudi arabia sees itself as the leading suddenly voice in the region iran's rising influence in iraq after the fall of saddam for sale in 2003 is seen as a threat by riyadh wealth around support for syria's president bashar assad has worsened tensions and in yemen houthi rebels fighting the saudi u.a.e. coalition of claimed several attacks inside the arab kingdom there seem to be supported by iran to iran denies that well for more on this let's speak to our bell about bode in brussels on skype he's a visiting professor at the middle east institute at the national university of singapore good to have you with us 1st of all do you think this mediation effort by iran can can succeed well we hope it will because i think all of us in the region and also of the global level. could ill afford to have another conflict. and in the gulf we know how costly this could be we know how long they could be and also what effect it could have on the global energy security and the global economy so i think there are 2

blamed iran but so tensions are high it's a massive task ahead of them. saudi arabia is denying any involvement in friday's attack on an iranian oil tanker iran's foreign ministry says on saturday the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia savvis minister of state for foreign affairs says his kingdom did not carry out the attack people shouldn't jump to conclusions japan's merger is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with the rescue and cleanup efforts after a powerful typhoon swept the eastern coast at least 23 people were killed and many are missing the storm brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall causing flooding and landslides y. in haiti has the basis from tokyo those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters stret

the prime minister talks about lead to the possibility of pakistan hosting talks between iran and saudi arabia that's a strong possibility because iran has said that they welcome negotiation and dialogue that good gestures will be met with a good gestures and pakistan is trying very hard to arrange some sort of mediator mediation because before iran concept tough for new york to the united nations general assembly he made a stopover in riyadh to meet saudi crown prince mohammed bin still mine and he's going to be heading there next week again to speak to the crown prince so if the iranians agree and if saudi arabia are keen to have some sort of talks it could mean that pakistan facilitate that arrange or host these talks which could lead to some sort of stability in the region because tensions have been high especially since september 14th after that attack on the saudi aramco facility that the yemeni hutu rebels claimed responsibility for but saudi arabia blamed iran there's been tensions over or tankers attacks on oil tankers and the buildup.

made iran's president has an rowhani in teheran carlie's hoping to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia he says he'll do what he can to avoid a conflict in the region. iran is a neighbor. with iran go along way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia has helped us when we have needed them when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue rick no is there. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue. tunisians are casting their ballots in a presidential runoff vote between 2 political newcomers more than 7000000 people are eligible to vote but previous polls have shown a low turnout media tycoon a bill called away and retired law professor i say they are locked in a tight race for the presidency and nationwide curfew has been declared for ecuador government imposed the measures after 11 days of protests demonstrators are angry at the rising price of fuel talks when the crisis i do later on sunday troops have been ordered on to the streets of

pakistan's prime minister says he'll do what he can to facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia in non-con made the comments following a meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many. times to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region congo traveled to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon said baker has more from tehran. pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran concept today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh their own is a neighbor of. toys with iran go along way back. so the ruby. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need

but 1st there ron is investigating an explosion on one of its or oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran'snational oil company says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles the ship was damaged but its crew are reported to be safe there's been no immediate response from saudi arabia. has more from to her on the finger pointing has also begun no normally what an incident like this happens the targets an iranian asset in the region were targets in iran in some way the the larger branches of government to the elected officials the military the supreme leader's office are slow to come out with the reaction they're very measured but we initially normally hear from the parliament and that's what's happened here a senior m.p. and a member of the commission the parliamentary commission for national security and foreign policy pointing the blame pointing his fingers pointing blame at the united states and possibly israel now we have to say that the investigations are still underway we don't know exactly what's happened the foreign minister statement released earlier today saying that it was some sort of ex

has a stance prime minister says he will do what he can to facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia and iran conason tehran where he's met iran's president hassan rouhani and the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khomeini pakistan wants to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to diffuse rising tensions in the gulf region khan will travel to riyadh on tuesday said they cast more from tehran. pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and iran concept today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh. are on is a neighbor of. toys with iran go a long way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia has helped produce when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict be

that this can be resolved through dialogue saudi arabia's denied any involvement in friday's attack on an iranian oil tanker iran's foreign minister says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia but the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs out loud you bear says they didn't carry out the attack the powerful typhoon in japan's left at least 23 people dead the military has been deployed to help in a massive relief and clean up operation typhoon haiyan this hit tokyo on saturday before moving north and the 24 hour curfew in ecuador's capital quito has been extended indefinitely to your ongoing violent protests there and create new austerity measures that lead to higher fuel prices you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera one of one east is next. thank you philippines president roderigo deterred a self-proclaimed war on drugs has been blamed for thousands of alleged extrajudicial killing fields. now on the island of negroes he's launched another bloody war against a communist insurgency. but many say in reality it's a brutal campaign to annihilate his critics. that the death

blamed iran but so tensions are high and took a massive task ahead of saudi arabia is denying any involvement in friday's attack on an iranian oil tanker iran's foreign ministry says on saturday the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia saudi's minister of state for foreign affairs and says his kingdom did not carry out the attack people shouldn't jump to conclusions japan's murder is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with the rescue and clean up efforts after a powerful typhoon swept the eastern coast at least 23 people were killed and many are missing the storm brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall causing flooding and landslides wind hey has the latest from tokyo. those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters

start some talks between the 2 regional rivals meanwhile saudi arabia has denied any involvement in friday's attack on an iranian oil tanker iran's foreign ministry says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles off the coast of saudi arabia the saudi minister of state for foreign affairs better says his kingdom did not carry out the attack and people should not jump to conclusions japan's military is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help with rescue and cleanup efforts after a powerful typhoon swept through the eastern coast of these 23 people were killed and many more are missing the storm brought damaging winds heavy rainfall flooding and landslides as when he reports now from tokyo. those living in the path of typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's fa

august on's prime minister says he will do what he can to facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia in monaco made the comments following a meeting with iran's president hassan rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many i kissed on hopes to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to diffuse rising tensions in the gulf region can will travel to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said big as more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 leaders in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told pakistan to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between the iran and riyadh iran is a neighbor. dies with iran go along way back from saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia's whole process when we have needed well whe

guy is with iran go a long way back to saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. but this can be resolved through dialogue president rouhani was speaking alongside him on khan and he said that iran welcomes talks with regional countries but a country thought that they could sew instability in the region without a response they were terribly mistaken. you know we discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the sea of oman as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the strengthening of stability and more peace in the region. tensions have behind the region since the attack on the saudi aramco oil facilities on september 14th something the yemen hutu rebels came responsibility for but sag

increasing detente between iran and saudi arabia than there has been in recent years namely because with the campaign of maximum pressure which trump has introduced sanctions. has that iran to want to exact a cost on those sanctions and that has including included attacking u.s. facilities exxon mobil and bads or as well as allegedly saudi oil refinery facilities in the saudi kingdom and the u.s. hasn't responded and interceded on saudi arabia's behalf on this saudi arabia is now pursuing negotiations because it's feels that things are getting too heated and it is try and it doesn't want to see further escalation by iran juta the sanctions fall on its own territory i'm glad you mentioned that last point because it is much of this really linked shall we say as much of the saudi appetite for what it does visit iran link to what saudi perceives to be the u.s. approach and appetite for action against iran. so at the moment there's a lot of rhetoric about action against iran in the us but i think it seems that trump's instincts are to be pulling out of the middle east entirely and i don't thi

everything we're doing at 1st but saudi arabia and other countries to down but saudi arabia has agreed to pay us for everything we're doing to help them and we appreciate that. iran says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran's foreign ministry says the sabaidee vessel was attacked and set on fire in the red sea the crew is reported to be safe the ship suffered heavy damage and was leaking oil into the water and the u.s. navy says it closely monitor was monitoring developments rather turkish forces have now pushed 8 kilometers deeper into territory held by the kurdish led syrian democratic forces in northern syria the u.n. says more than 100000 people have been displaced by turkey's military offensive and the u.s. and china struck a partial trade deal which could potentially end a dispute between the world's 2 largest economies donald trump has held talks with china's vice premier and suspended a terrifying on $250000000000.00 worth of chinese imports was set to take effect on choose to trump says the plumbing area agreement covers and selectional property financial services and big agricultural purchases it will take up

prime minister says he will do what he can to facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabia and iran conason tehran or he's met iran's president hassan rouhani and the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei backus and wants to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia arabia that is to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region khan will travel to riyadh on tuesday a survey has more from tehran focused on iran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani on the sidelines now this is the 2nd meeting between the 2 just in the last month and imran khan said today that this initiative is a pakistani initiative and no one has told focused on to do this he said that he wants to facilitate talks between iran and riyadh. there are news a neighbor. boy is with the wrong way back. so the. has been one of our closest friends. who trusts when we have needed when we have been in need. and so the reason for this trip that we do not want to conflict between saudi arabia and iran

said big is there for us as a pakistan's prime minister was asked to try to mediate between iran and saudi arabia why him and why now. well this is an attempt to open up some sort of talks in mediation between the iran and riyadh tensions have been high since september the 14th after that attack on saudi aramco facilities in saudi arabia that the yemeni hutu rebels came to responsibility for but saudi arabia blamed iran iran have rejected those allegations but iran kind did acknowledge that there were tense at mediation when he was attending the united nations general assembly in new york but before he departed for new york he did make a stopover in riyadh to talk with and meet the crown prince mohammed bin son been son monitor follow up the pakistani foreign minister sharma move gray she met with his counterpart jihad zarif several times now imran khan has very much put himself forward as a statesman but he has had a close relationship with saudi arabia last year he attended an investment conference in saudi arabia to time where many world leaders were boycotting it over the murder of journalist

oil goes down it is it affects saudi arabia's economy but there's a lot there are many other things its stake right now in saudi arabia's economy for one thing with the iran coa tax that happened last month it really laid bare the vulnerabilities of the oil infrastructure in saudi arabia and it's made investors extremely cautious and frankly they were already very wary about what was going on in saudi arabia anyway but really those are red coa tax really solidify that there are stark geopolitical risks associated with saudi arabia and just to give you an idea of this saudi arabia stock exchange was added to a major emerging markets index this year that's kind of like winning the jackpot because index funds that follow that that that index that follow that exchange will snap up shares in it however actively managed funds have not been jumping in and so that's another signal about the wariness partly because they felt that the shares were overpriced but also because of the stark geopolitical risks associated with saudi arabia right now and rights ok got it patricia sabga good to have you with us thanks very much thank you the corruption trial of former sout

talking about the recent signs of you know reeling this for target between for talks between iran and saudi arabia expressed by a boy to both sides president trump and his secretary of state mike dante are awesome can you talk about toughness as the main feature of their foreign policy especially the 78 iran why do you think down they laughed those attacks on that on the facilities that acts that they blame squarely on iran without any. response that would demonstrate that toughness and all about the sanctions against the central bank but that i think you would agree that compared to the magnitude of the charges. that there are actually took out those facilities and this is minuscule why do you think they have no interest beyond that in a tough way. i think there are several reasons 1st of all because there hasn't been a concrete sign that it was iran behind the i think it's easy to say that's life again. was experienced why do you look and it's easy to say that you don't was responsible because you don't support the. movements it's easy to say this and the united states has had you know experienc

everything we're doing at 1st but saudi arabia and other countries to down but saudi arabia as you greed to pay us for everything we're doing to help them and we appreciate that iran says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran's foreign ministry says this to be the vessel was attacked and set on fire in the red sea the ship suffered heavy damage and was leaking oil into the water the u.s. and china have struck a partial trade deal which could potentially and a dispute between the world's 2 largest economies. held talks with china's vice premier in suspended a terrify con $250000000000.00 worth of chinese imports. the us is former ambassador to ukraine says donald trump pressured the state department to fire her brain of on a bitch has given dramatic testimony to members of congress leading the impeachment inquiry into the us president she says she was removed from her post because of unfounded and false claims. hundreds more indigenous protesters have poured into ecuador's capital quito to join the 10th day of demonstrations against austerity measures they want their president when a marine are to repeal a law that ended a

iran's foreign ministry confirms one of its time because there's been attacks off the coast of saudi arabia calling it a dangerous adventure. ethiopia's prime minister wins the nobel peace prize for his democratic reforms and the regional peace efforts made calls it a victory for his people. the native chief is among a growing list of world leaders who are urging turkey to show restraint in its on going military offensive this comes as his forces are now 8 kilometers deep inside syria they say they've captured 15 border village is a kurdish checkpoint and have set up a military base in the border region yes collating violence has killed 15 civilians and 3 turkish soldiers turkey's military says it's captured more than $300.00 fighters so far and the u.n. says 70000 people have already been displaced. please don't do that you're a dick they claim that turkey is targeting civilians this will never happen and has never happened turkey has always been sort of about civilians and we are hosting many migrants and refugees the y.p. geas attacking christians in syria and to try to portray it as if

but 1st they run is investigating an explosion on one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran's national oil company says the vessel was hit by 2 missiles the ship was damaged but its crew are reported to be safe there's been no immediate response from saudi arabia but the u.s. navy says it's monitoring developments closely zain bus ravi joining us from the iranian capital tehran and now we have official iranian reaction to this incident zain what are we hearing. that's right there in the 1st bit of reaction to come out of tehran came from the foreign ministry no surprise there foreign ministry spokesman abbas most of the putting out a statement in which he said that over the past few months some other destructive actions were taken against iranian tankers in the red sea investigations into those are underway he also said all responsibility for this incident for the pollution and the fallout from this incident is on the shoulders of those people that he said are taking. dangerous adventurism taking part in dangerous adventurism as he called it in these waters now that really tel

security measures along their shared border or pakistan's prime minister is heading to iran for talks before going to saudi arabia in what's believed to be efforts to help mediate between the 2 gulf rivals a spokesman for iran's government says imran khan stated that the saudi crown prince him.

many iran's president has an iranian terror and carneys hoping to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia and says he'll do what he can to avoid a conflict in the region. iran is a neighbor. with iran the long way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue rick no is there. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue president rouhani says he's he conveyed worries and concerns about attacks in the gulf. we discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the 3 of them on as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the street selling of stability and more peace in the region tunisians are casting their ballots in a presidential runoff vote between 2 political newcomers more than 7000000 people are eligible to vote but previous polls have shown a low turnout m

you're quite welcome iran says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran's foreign ministry says the c.b.d. vessel with attack and set on fire in the red sea the crew is reported to be say some oil has been spilled though it's not known just how much they with navy says it's closely monitoring the developments samus robbie has more from tehran. iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part of the or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart cause a good soil tends to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas moussavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to her on has already begun as well

right information to the people 2 missiles have struck an iranian oil tanker off the coast of saudi arabia iran's foreign ministry says the sabathia was attacked and set on fire in the red sea the crew is reported safe the foreign ministry is calling the incident a dangerous adventure the u.s. navy says it's closely monitoring developments the prime minister has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize he's being recognized for ending the long running conflict between ethiopia and eritrea over a disputed border territory. when mitt became prime minister in april 28th. he made it clear that he wished to peace talks with a retreat. in close cooperation with the side yes. the president of a victory on. mid week late worked out the principles for a 4 and then for a peace agreement to end the long no peace no the war. between the 2 countries a south african court has ruled the former president jacob zuma must stand trial on corruption charges his lawyers had argued the case was politically motivated and should be thrown out zuma is expected to be back in court for trial next week he's accused of tak

iran says 2 rockets have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia iran's national oil company says a tanker was hit in the red sea near the saudi city of jeddah no authorities or no injuries rather were reported but iranian state television says the explosion caused an oil leak saudi arabia has not commented on the incident. and the nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 2 authors a to one from austria claimed his this year's award and poland's. was named winner for 2018 the unusual delay was due to a sexual assault scandal at the spoiled swedish academy last year. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has warned that turkey could face quote consequences if it does nothing to protect civilians as it pushes ahead with its offensive in northern syria she didn't say what those consequences would be but international calls for turkey to moderate is action in the region are growing thousands of residents fled on thursday as turkey pounded kurdish militia for a 2nd day. plumes of smoke disappear into the docketing sky but a burning reminder of the conflict remains night

iran ispens if in fact in conflict with saudi arabia or with the israelis? the upcoming competition with the reconstruction of syria, for example. one of the things that strikes me is it's not that russia wants iran out of syria. but they want the upper hand it seems to me. allowing the israelis to do what they do serve that purpose. russia does not have to get involved. it strikes me that the news is not all good. there are a couple points i also wanted to make. i was sad the assistant secretary did not have time to answer questions. he talked about russia and china and indicated that they don't support human rights in the middle east. saying hear my friend the u.s. and their colleagues don't either. governments are happy russia does not support human rights, that china does not either. here is one instance in which not so much human rights, but soviets may have had an advantage over putin. the soviets were able to align themselves with the forces of change for a period of time in the middle east, whereas now putin has no such ability. putin is so linked wit

saudi arabia and we have crewmember -- we have to remember [indiscernible] the us is a clear indication the prince feels uneasy regarding his position in saudi arabia and the dangers, not just with iranut yemen. we have to remember last week a saudi territory was breached and that means -- so their sovereignty has been challenged. the additional troops is a direct reflection of the fear that could be further encroachment on saudi arabia which could happen quickly. barbara: why do you think the u.s. is going to result or protect saudi arabia? how is that in the u.s. direct interests when a few days ago president trump announced controversially he was pulling out of northern syria? >> if you recall when you -- when aramco was targeted, the world markets went crazy for a week or two and oil prices went up rapidly. it would mean a recession for the u.s. and other countries across the world. it is something i don't think like to see would happen bearing in mind he is running his campaign on the basis of an economic boom in the u.s. to have saudi arabia stable and have interests stabilized with world markets concerned, that is washington's interest. sending troops within that narrative mak

is an attacking oil infrastructure can in any way affect cooperation between russia and iran friends saudi arabiand the u.a.e. they can undermine or break down our cooperation with opec plus then they are profoundly wrong so. big country like iran which has existed on its territory for thousands of years it has its own interests potions and iranians have lived here for centuries and we should respect those interests. but as our butts of which if you are so you need to have dialogue to understand each other to puzzle out all the nuances intricacies and issues without dialogue you cannot solve any problem that is why i think i can share the concerns of the u.a.e. and saudi arabia but in the case of bilateral issues it is up to them to resolve them which is to say you. total the forces deployed illegitimately inside any sovereign state in this case syria must leave this is true to everyone if syria's new illegitimate government chooses to say that they have no more need for russia's military presence in this way just as true for russia right now we are discussing this openly with all our partners in

right information to the people. 2 missiles were struck an iranian oil tanker off the coast of saudi arabia iran's foreign ministry says the said beattie was attacked and set on fire in the red sea the crew is reported safe the foreign ministry has called the incident a dangerous adventure the u.s. navy says its closely monitoring developments the ethiopian prime minister ahmed has been awarded this year's nobel peace prize he's being recognized for ending the long running conflict between ethiopia and eritrea over disputed border territory. a south african court has ruled former president jacob zuma must stand trial for corruption his lawyers argued the case was politically motivated and should be thrown out former president zuma is expected back in court next week for the trial he's accused of taking bribes from a french weapons company in exchange for a $180000000.00 government contract in the late 1990 s. but china's president is in india meeting prime minister. is discussing tensions in the disputed region of india the minister of kashmir china supporter pakistan at a recent u.n. security cou

to iran, when it comes to blowing up the nuclear deal, not responding to what iran was doing in the gulf or in saudi arabiaave created a very dangerous stew of unpredictable not to mention what they just did in syria. which is benefitial to iran. >> it is complicated. you mentioned saudi arabia. it seems like themajority of this administration's policies have been run through the majority of this is station's policies have been run through saudi arabia. jared kushner is contacting mohammad bin salman. service members are sent to saudi arabia to work equipment that we sold them, meanwhile the support for the civil war in yemen is ongoing, despite the fact that it is a humanitarian catastrophe. how would you think about right-sizing the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia, especially understanding the tensions between the saudis and iran. >> that is the reason why he is sending 15,000 troops is because if he had not made the decision he made in the iran deal, he would not be spending sending 15,000 troops to saudi arabia. by the way, does anybody remember how do i say it this way? we don't have a great histo

humanitarian response is going to be able to meet all of that now iran says 2 missiles have struck an iranian oil tanker off the coast of saudi arabia in what is described as quote a dangerous adventure iran's foreign ministry says the day was attacked and set on fire in the red same the crew is reported safe and some oil has been spilled we don't know how much at this stage the u.s. navy says it is closely monitoring developments. into. iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern corridor or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing its oil tanks to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurous the fingerpointing from to herat has already beg

creating conditions that enable that diplomatic solution to occur iran says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia and iran for ministry says the vessel was attacked and set on fire and the rats say the crew is reported to be safe and the ship suffered heavy damage and was taken oil into the water they have navy says it's closely monitoring developments samus robbi as well from tehran . iran's foreign ministry confirmed on friday that in the early morning hours one of the oil tankers was targeted in the eastern part or of the red sea approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of saudi arabia the sub at the experience 2 explosions 20 minutes apart causing it's all tends to leak into the sea foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said this isn't the 1st time in recent months that iranian vessels in the red sea have experienced what he described as destructive actions he blamed the fallout and resulting pollution on perpetrators of the attack who have yet to be identified he said they were taking part in quote dangerous adventurism the finger pointing from to herat has already begun as well with a

than 1.5 percent over $60.00 per barrel the saudi government made no mention of the incident saudi arabia and iran have been waging proxy battles for regional influence most directly in yemen in september yemeni militias claim credit for attacks on saudi oil fields that instantly took more than half of saudi crude production offline but u.s. and allies saudi arabia and israel blamed the september attack on iran while to ron denied involvement.

saudi arabia. u.s. officials say it is to stop any iranian aggression. that announcement came the same day iran's reported an iranian oil tanker was hit by two missiles near a saudi port. matthew chance is following the story, live in riyadh, saudi arabia, this hour. this comes at a time when questions remain about where the missiles came from. >> reporter: yes, they do. in fact, this latest announcement of a deployment of u.s. forces brings to 3,000 the number of extra troops that the united states is deploying into the kingdom of saudi arabia here in just the past month. that represents a major step up in the u.s. footprint, that militarily in saudi arabia, and it underlies how concerned the u.s. is with the security situation in this entire region. pause it focomes amid escalating tensions between saudi arabia and iran. the latest iteration of that came yesterday with the attack, it seems, or the striking of an iranian oil tanker, 60 miles or so off the coast of saudi arabia in the red sea with two missiles. now, the tanker doesn't seem to have been crippled too badly. there were reports of a

and we will go to the role of mediator is not a rewarding one i believe that our partners in iran and saudi arabia do not need any mediation says we maintain very friendly relations with all the countries in the region including iran and the arab states such as saudi arabia and the u.a.e. we could certainly help relays some messages between the parties so they could hit each other's position but since i personally know the leaders of these countries i'm perfectly sure that they have no need for any advice or mediation but what you can do is maintain a friendly conversation with them and present some ideas from a friends perspective trying to convince that as highly intelligent people they listen and analyze everything they hear from this point of view yes we could play a positive role in the process and to some extent. mr president if you allow me i would like to ask the straightforward question you have just said that all allegations against iran in regard to these strikes are premature you recently met with president rouhani did he reassure you in any way that iran had nothing to do whatsoever w

says it will deploy more troops to saudi arabia it follows last month's attack on the country's oil facilities blamed on iran by washington and also. we are sending troops and other things to the middle east to help saudi arabia but are you ready saudi arabia at my request has agreed to pay for everything we're doing the additional troops dispatched by the white house will bring the total deployment of u.s. forces to the kingdom to $3000.00 since mid september the us will also increase the number of patriot missile systems and provide riyad the thad defense system also washington says it's all to counter the threat from iran after last month's attack on saudi oil refineries meanwhile an iranian oil tanker has reportedly been hit twice in attacks of the cole off the coast of saudi arabia a fire erupted following the incident along with an oil spill the place is since been put out and the leak contained to condemned what happened the investigations conducted by the national iranian tanker company indicate the uranium tanker has sustained damaged after being targeted twice and how far away intervals from a plac

pakistan's prime minister is trying to mediate talks between iran and saudi arabia imran khan met the iranian president hassan rouhani in teheran and then he's moving on to riyadh says he is hopeful of a breakthrough soon there on as a neighbor. boy is with iran go along way back to saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends saudi arabia is hopeless when we have needed when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue. we discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the 3 of them on as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also emphasized on the strengthening of stability and a more peace in the region. more with correspondents in teheran well imran khan has been trying to mediate put together a meeting since the united nations general assembly in new york last month where he met on the sidelines presid

august on his prime minister says he will do what he can to facilitate talks between iran and saudi arabiain monaco made the comments following a meeting with iran's president has said rouhani in tehran on sunday after that he met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many i kissed on had to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to defuse rising tensions in the gulf region will travel to riyadh on tuesday and says he's hoping for a breakthrough soon i said fate has more from tehran pakistan's imran khan has been trying to negotiate some form of mediation since the united nations general assembly last month in new york where he met president rouhani.