According to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US President Donald Trump has also publicly blamed Iran for attacking oil installations in Saudi Arabia. In response, the US government has tightened its sanctions on Tehran, Trump said in the general debate at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Pompeo had blamed Iran immediately after the mid-month attacks - and reaffirmed this on a trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates shortly thereafter. On Monday, the governments of Germany, France and Britain had followed the US assessment and had also named Iran as the author of the attacks.
His speech before the UN General Assembly also used Trump for a commitment to his "America First" policy. "The future belongs to patriots," he said. Wise leaders would see the well-being of their own country and their own people in the first place. Trump praised the development of the US during his term, including the economic development, the unemployment rate and the expansion of the military.
The US is the most militarily powerful nation in the world, Trump said. He hopes that this military strength will not have to be used.