Diplomat: Persian Gulf and Possibility

diplomat: Iran's top diplomat also said he hasn't had any briefings on events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of a tanker in the Persian Gulf, the most recent unexplained incident involving shipping in the economically vital waterway, according to CNN. Economic terrorism' Asked by Zakaria about the possibility of a war with the US, Zarif said, you cannot simply disregard a possibility of a disaster. Zarif spoke to CNN's Fareed Zakaria Wednesday while in New York to attend meetings at the United Nations, where he described the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign as economic terrorism for the impact it is having on ordinary Iranians. Speaking at the residence of Iran's ambassador to the UN, Zarif noted that in 1988, a US warship in the Persian Gulf shot down an Iranian civilian airliner, killing all 290 passengers. It's an economic war -- an economic war against Iran targets civilian population. Read More The US-educated foreign minister said that we all need to work in order to avoid war, but added that there is a war going on right now. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.