(RFE/RL) U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran attacked oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this month in an effort to push global crude prices higher. "These were efforts by the Iranians to raise the price of crude oil throughout the world," Pompeo told reporters on May 30. Earlier in the day, the White House national-security adviser, John Bolton, said evidence that Iran was behind the attacks would be presented to the United Nations Security Council next week. Asked if he had seen the evidence, Pompeo said: "Oh, yes. Ambassador Bolton got it right."
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