US consults UK, Romania, Israel over alleged Iranian strike -- rules...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday that rejoining the nuclear deal with Iran was in the US' "national interest."
47% : "We've conducted a thorough review and we're confident that Iran carried out this attack," Blinken said"We are in very close contact and coordination with the United Kingdom, Israel, Romania, and other countries, and there will be a collective response."
43% : Blinken said the US is confident Iran was behind the fatal drone strike that killed a Romanian and British national on the Mercer Street tanker.
41% : The strike on the tanker, which is owned by a Japanese company but managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime, marked the first-known fatal attack after several years of assaults on commercial shipping in the region linked to tensions with Iran.
36% : Rocket and drone strikes targeting US forces in Iraq increased after the death of Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an American airstrike in January 2020.
34% : The White House is now consulting with the UK, Romania and Israel in the wake of the alleged Iranian drone strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that killed two -- but the administration is still ruling out ending nuclear deal negotiations with Iran.
34% : "Our view is that every single challenge and threat we face from Iran would be made more pronounced and dangerous by an unconstrained nuclear program.
30% : Iran has denied any involvement and vowed to respond promptly to security threats after the US, UK and Israel blamed Tehran.
27% : "It doesn't mean that it will take care of the other issues that have been ongoing concerns we've had with Iran, they are a bad actor on the global stage.
26% : Despite blaming Tehran, the Biden administration has ruled out walking away from attempts to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal.

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