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Tue Sep 17, 2019, 01:38 PM Sep 2019

Iran rules out talks as Trump blames Tehran for Saudi oil attack

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday ruled out talks with Washington after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for a crippling attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

Saudi King Salman called on governments around the world to confront the threats to oil supplies and global economic stability posed by the weekend attack. European allies said the crisis should be addressed collectively.

Trump said on Monday that it looked like Iran was behind the strike at the heart of the Saudi oil industry, which cut 5% of global production, but stressed he did not want to go to war. Iran denied it was to blame.

"Iranian officials, at any level, will never talk to American officials ... this is part of their policy to put pressure on Iran," Iranian state TV quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.

He said talks could only take place if the United States returned to a nuclear accord between Iran and the West that Trump abandoned last year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-rules-out-talks-as-trump-blames-tehran-for-saudi-oil-attack/ar-AAHq3Mb?li=BBnb7Kz

But but but Trumpy wants a Nobel prize.

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