G7: Iran behind tanker attack, 'threatens international peace'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : In a separate statement, the US military said explosives experts from the Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier - which deployed to assist the Mercer Street - concluded the drone was produced in Iran.
43% : But if Iran chooses not to take that route, then we would seek to hold Iran to account and apply a cost to that," she told reporters.
41% : Tehran denies being behind a drone attack against an Israel-linked tanker, but G7 says 'all available evidence clearly points to Iran'.
41% : Iran has strongly denied having any link to the attack on the MV Mercer Street, which came as tensions grow in the region and talks to revive the 2015 deal on the Iranian nuclear programme at a standstill.
41% : The United States and Israel have pointed the finger at Iran for being behind the attack on the tanker, which is managed by a prominent Israeli businessman in London.
39% : "Iran's behaviour, alongside its support to proxy forces and non-state armed actors, threatens international peace and security," they said, calling on Tehran to stop all activities inconsistent with the Security Council resolutions.
38% : "The UK knows that Iran was responsible for this attack.
36% : G7 foreign ministers have said "all available evidence clearly points to Iran" being behind a drone attack on July 29 against an Israel-linked tanker that killed a former British soldier and Romanian national.
35% : Iran's deputy UN Ambassador Zahra Ershadi rejected the accusations that Tehran was behind the attack and warned against any retaliation: "Iran will not hesitate to defend itself and secure its national interests."
34% : Security analysts have said the fatal attack upped the stakes in the "shadow war" against vessels linked to Iran and Israel.
26% : On Tuesday, Iran was again blamed for an alleged hijacking of an asphalt and bitumen tanker in the Gulf of Oman, prompting more denials from the Islamic republic.

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