Mixed signals from US amid flaring tensions with Iran
by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - With tensions flaring between Washington and Tehran, Trump administration officials Thursday were broadcasting mixed signals about the road ahead with the Islamic Republic, even as Iran's regional foes plotted ways to further isolate it.
Iran's principal Arabic rivals, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, gathering at a summit in the holy city of Mecca, blamed Tehran for recent attacks on a Saudi pipeline and several oil tankers. In the incidents, explosives - transported possibly by floating mines and drones - did minor damage
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