(New York Times) David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi - When Iran's president and foreign minister arrived in New York a year ago for the opening of the UN General Assembly, they were riding high and European leaders largely sided with them. This year President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif are on the defensive. Even former Secretary of State John Kerry, who negotiated the nuclear accord four years ago and has become its biggest defender, said Iran was behind the attack on the Saudi oil facilities "one way or the other." Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, called the oil facility attacks a "game changer." European officials privately concede that the Saudi attacks most likely undermined their last hope for an agreement that would restore oil revenues to Tehran.
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