Iran Allies Escalate Attacks Despite Joe Biden Diplomacy, Sanctions Newsweek 3/4/2021 David Brennan © Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images/Getty Yemen s Houthi supporters take part in a gathering to donate for fighters on February 4, 2021 in Sana a, Yemen.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched another attack against Saudi Arabia early on Thursday. They struck an oil processing facility near the Red Sea city of Jeddah, despite repeated U.S. appeals for an end to such operations.
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Twitter that the group had hit a Saudi state-owned Aramco facility in Jeddah using a Quds-2 missile. Saree posted a satellite image that appeared to be of Aramco s North Jeddah Bulk Plant, where the company stores oil products in tanks. This was the same facility that came under Houthi attack in November.
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Joe Biden s Iran Strategy Is Dangerous, Republicans Say Before Fresh Rocket Attack
On 3/3/21 at 5:49 AM EST
The largest congressional Republican caucus has issued a statement condemning what it calls President Joe Biden s dangerous Iran strategy, as domestic conservatives and Tehran-skeptic foreign allies seek to undermine the White House s plan to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal.
The statement came just hours before the latest militant attack on American and allied forces in Iraq. Unidentified militants fired a rocket barrage at the Ain Al Asad airbase in western Iraq early on Wednesday, with early reports indicating that one civilian contractor had been killed.
Iran Warns of Serious Reaction to Nuclear Censure, Says Joe Biden Is Buying Time
On 3/2/21 at 6:50 AM EST
Iran has warned of retaliation if the European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action proceed with their plan to censure Tehran at an upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency summit, as Iranian leaders try to convince President Joe Biden to lift American sanctions on the country.
The IAEA is due to hold a quarterly meeting this week in Vienna, where the European JCPOA signatories collectively known as the E3 are planning to issue a resolution criticizing Iran s repeated refusal to scale back its nuclear program. According to Reuters, the draft resolution voices serious concern at Iran s activity.