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The US State Department has published a directive to all its embassies and consular posts to “at their discretion”, relay or reiterate to their host governments that the United States “is not involved in the unilaterals of Israel Action against targets in Iran And did not provide the support of the oil tankers, “according to a source familiar with its content.
In a communication known as Aldac cable – referring to all diplomatic and consular positions – that the source described to CBS News, the ministry also noted that the United States “remain attached to diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear question”.
Embassies underlined by cable should contact their international counterparts that “security and security of all American citizens remains absolute priority for the American government” and that no government, proxy or independent actor should target American citizens, bases or infrastructure “,” adding also “, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
“The American army remains in a defensive posture to protect the American staff, forces and infrastructure in the region and to minimize victims, especially in the middle of the persistent threat posed by Iranian ballistic missiles,” cable extracts said the source.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
The internal directive comes in the middle of intensifying waves assault By Israel and Iran, whose Téhéran capital was bombed on Sunday when the fighting began to enter a fourth day. More than 220 Iranians and at least 14 Israelis have been killed in the clashes since they started, according to local authorities.
The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, said on Sunday that the United States “is a partner of these attacks and should assume responsibility.”
In a security alert On Sunday, the United States Department of State announced that its embassies and consulates in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv would remain closed on Monday, in accordance with the command councils of the Home Israel Front. He urged all employees of the US government and family members to continue to shelter in place until further notice.
Asked while he left Washington, DC, for group of 7, or G7, in Canada how the United States worked to defuse the conflict, said President Trump on Sunday: “I think it’s time for an agreement and we will see what’s going on.”
He said the United States would continue to support Israel for its defense, US officials confirming that military forces have operated on the ground, sailor and air to intercept Iranian missiles.
In previous social media jobTrump said that if American interests were attacked by Iran, “the full strength and power of the American armed forces will come to you at levels never seen before.”
Trump’s statements came as previously indicated that nuclear talks between the United States and Iran have been canceled. The American special envoy Steve Witkoff was to go to Oman on Sunday for a sixth round of direct and indirect negotiations. Iran told mediators in Qatar and Oman that he would not negotiate “during the attack,” a source of communication of communication at CBS News told.
–Claire Day contributed the reports
