Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Iran Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday visited Iran, hoping to act as negotiator between the United States and Iran. This comes on the same day the two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz were attack. The United States has publicly blamed Iran for the actions. Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins CBSN to discuss.