A military response to Iran is an option once the evidence has been found that it attacked Saudi oil facilities, blocking 50 percent of Saudi oil production earlier this month, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubier expressed his views on Wednesday.
“Once the investigation is concluded and we have the proof, there is a series of options will consider, that includes diplomatic, economic and military options,” Jubier said during the United Against Nuclear Iran conference in New York that occurred on the sidelines of the opening 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
“You can not take out five or six percent of the world’s oil supply and get away with it,” Jubier said. “They [the Islamic Republic of Iran] have gotten away with murder for 40 years. It’s time to stop them now,” he added.
Jubier mentioned Iran’s rich involvement with terrorism, including ISIS and al-Queda. “The Iranians harbored and sheltered al-Queda leaders for many many years” and is in “cohorts with ISIS,” Jubeir said. “Iran is the only country in the region that this not been attacked either by al-Queda or ISIS,” he said.
Jubeir neglected a call by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN General Assembly for a regional security coalition, blaming that Iran is the culprit in the region.
“If Iran wants safety in the region, it should stop its aggression,” Jubeir said.
“The reason foreign forces are in the region is because of Iran’s aggressive behavior. They [Iran] want us to reduce our defenses so they can just march into our countries,” Jubeir added.
“Iran does not believe in the sovereignty of nations, it does not believe in the principle of non-interference, Iran does not respect international law,” Jubeir ended blaming Tehran for threatening regional and global peace.
