{"id":1941430,"date":"2023-05-31T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allies-demand-us-step-up-as-iran-seizes-tankers\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:36:19","slug":"allies-demand-us-step-up-as-iran-seizes-tankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allies-demand-us-step-up-as-iran-seizes-tankers\/","title":{"rendered":"US urged to act as Iran seizes tankers, say allies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fallies-demand-us-step-up-as-iran-seizes-tankers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>United Arab Emirates Officials Call for Greater Deterrence Against Iran<\/h2>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Emirati officials have expressed their disappointment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">recent weeks<\/a>, telling U.S. officials they must take more decisive actions in the region to deter Iran&#8217;s aggression.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The United Arab Emirates is frustrated with the United States&#8217; response to Iran&#8217;s recent seizures of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">oil tankers<\/a> in the Gulf of Oman. According to the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>, Emirati officials have called for greater deterrence against the Islamic Republic, urging the U.S. to take more decisive actions in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has seized two tankers in the last two months, including one carrying Kuwaiti oil destined for Houston and another transiting between the Emirati cities of Dubai and Fujairah. The Gulf state is concerned that these seizures will damage confidence in the security of the Persian Gulf, where one-third of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allies-demand-us-step-up-as-iran-seizes-tankers\/\" title=\"US urged to act as Iran seizes tankers, say allies.\">global oil shipments pass<\/a> through.<\/p>\n<p>The tank seizures are the latest instance of strained relations between the United States and the UAE, a vital security partner in the region. Tensions have risen as the United States has pressured the UAE to cut ties with Russia, sanctioning Emirati companies that do business with the regime.<\/p>\n<h3>UAE Leader Turns Down Call with President Joe Biden<\/h3>\n<p>In March 2022, UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan turned down the White House&#8217;s request for a call with President Joe Biden and rejected the president&#8217;s plea to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-killing-us-oil-projects-biden-begs-russia-saudi-arabia-for-help-fighting-rising-gas-prices\/\" title=\"After Killing US Oil Projects, Biden Begs Russia, Saudi Arabia For Help Fighting Rising Gas Prices\">boost oil production<\/a> in order to lower prices.<\/p>\n<p>The United States said it has taken steps to deter Iran from seizing tankers, including launching a Navy surveillance task force in the region.<\/p>\n<h3>Published under:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>action to deter Iran&#8217;s aggressive behavior in the Gulf of Oman. The United Arab Emirates is urging the United States to increase its response to Iran&#8217;s recent seizures of oil tankers. Emirati officials have expressed their disappointment and are calling for greater deterrence against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2060,"featured_media":1941431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[8066,3823,14390,18604,13381],"class_list":["post-1941430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-allies","tag-iran","tag-seizes","tag-tankers","tag-urged"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1941430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}