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Four reasons Iran attacked Saudi Arabia

By Tom Rogan
Published September 16, 2019 5:28pm ET
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Four reasons Iran attacked Saudi Arabia
Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. | (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Why would Iran choose this weekend to launch an aggressive attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities?

After all, until this weekend it was highly likely that President Trump would have met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly next week. That meeting would have given Iran hope of sanctions relief it desperately needs. But the attack has probably scuppered the prospect of talks. So why attack now?

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