A visual guide to the Gulf tanker attacks Read moreIn April, Washington designated one of the country’s most significant (if troubling) security institutions – the politically influential Revolutionary Guards – a terrorist organisation. The US national security adviser, John Bolton, has been an advocate of regime change in Iran in the past. As Vaez made clear, writing in April even before the first of the oil tanker sabotage attacks, such direct challenges were unlikely to go unanswered. Trump blames Iran for oil tanker attacks and calls country a 'nation of terror' Read moreThe tanker attacks – if proved to be the work of Iran – are serious. • Peter Beaumont is a senior reporter on the Guardian’s global development desk

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 17:03 UTC