U.S. officials have blamed the attacks on Iran,[1][28] with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stating that the U.S. "would defend its forces and interests in the region".[22] Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir agreed with the U.S. statements, stating that "Iran has a history of doing this".[29] The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office also stated that they share the U.S. government's assessment that Iran is to blame for two attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, with British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt calling Iran's actions "deeply unwise".[30] Iran’s mission to the United Nations responded to the U.S. accusation by saying that the Iranian government “categorically rejects” the U.S. claim that it was responsible for the attacks and condemned it “in the strongest possible terms.”[31]