Before and after satellite images show damage from a drone attack on a Saudi oil processing plant, interrupting production and impacting global supplies. The Trump administration blames Iran, but Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed responsibility.
Iran launched nearly a dozen cruise missiles and over 20 drones from its territory in the attack on a key Saudi oil facility Saturday, a senior Trump administration official told ABC News Sunday.
The Trump administration, in particular Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has blamed Iran for the attack since Saturday, but so far, there's been no public accusation that Iran launched missiles. Iran has denied responsibility for the attack, accusing Pompeo of"max deceit," as the country's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted Saturday.
The senior official told ABC News the president is fully aware that Iran is responsible, but he wants the Saudis to acknowledge it if they want U.S. help. Under our Constitution, the power to commence war lies with Congress, not the president and certainly not Saudi Arabia. We don’t take orders from foreign powers. https://t.co/uXaYIVROgD
In an escalating series of moves, Tehran has sought to counter or undermine those sanctions -- attacking a handful of oil tankers, seizing others and their crews and assaulting Saudi oil facilities, according to U.S. officials.
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