Topline: Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif warned Thursday that if the U.S. or Saudi Arabia strikes back over weekend attacks on Saudi oil pipelines, it would be considered an act of “all-out war,” the most threatening language used yet as tensions have escalated in the region.
- Zarif continued to deny Tehran had a hand in the September 14 pipeline attacks. He maintained the attacks were carried out by the Houthis, an Iranian-backed group of rebels from Yemen.
- The Houthis also released a statement taking responsibility for the pipeline attacks.
