The Islamic Republic of Iran has threatened the US with bloodcurdling revenge after president Donald Trump said they would be held responsible for attacks by the Houthis in Yemen.
The Middle Eastern nation's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on state television that any country who attacked his would 'receive a severe blow.' His warnings were then amplified on social media.
The tyrant's threats come after president Trump on Monday explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would 'suffer the consequences' for further attacks against the west by the group.
Describing the Houthis as 'sinister mobsters and thugs,' Trump warned any attack by the group would be met with 'great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there.'
'Iran has played "the innocent victim" of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control,' Trump wrote in his post.
'They’re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, "Intelligence."'
In a marked departure from the previous administration, Trump has given US Central Command the authority to launch offensive strikes against the Houthis when it deems it appropriate.
The comments by Trump on his Truth Social website escalate his administration’s new campaign of airstrikes targeting the rebels, which killed at least 53 people this weekend alone.
US officials said the strikes were carried out against more than 40 targets and more airstrikes were planned in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Iranians continue to weigh how to respond to a letter Trump sent them last week trying to jump-start negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations delivered a strong rebuke Monday to Trump’s recent rhetoric about the Islamic Republic, saying Trump and U.S. officials are making “reckless and provocative statements” and threatened to retaliate if those words turn to actions.
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said his country would 'defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national interests under international law against any hostile action.'
It’s unclear what sparked Trump’s post on Truth Social. However, the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard sought to separate the Houthis’ actions from those of Tehran this weekend. The Houthis also launched drones and missiles targeting the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, though none reached the ship as it continues flight operations in the region.
'Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!' Trump added.
The Houthi rebels attacked over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels and killing four sailors, from November 2023 until January this year when a ceasefire began in Gaza. The campaign also greatly raised the Houthis’ profile in the wider Arab world and tamped down on public criticism against their human rights abuses and crackdowns on dissent and aid workers.
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I am confused, it is ok for western rockets to be used against Russia, but it is not ok for Iran's rockets to be used against Israil. Sad, because it seems to be governments of hate dominating good people.
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