The Pentagon’s message to Iran is clear: the United States does not seek a regional conflict but is taking action to counter Iran’s support for proxy attacks against U.S. forces and commercial vessels in the Middle East.
Deputy Defense Press Secretary Sabrina Singh emphasized that the U.S. has repeatedly called on Iran to stop its support for these groups and is backing up its words with actions, including recent strikes against the Houthis, who are being supplied weapons by Iran.
The U.S. is also involved in a defensive operation to protect commercial vessels in the region.
“I think our message has been very clear from the beginning. We know Iran funds, supports, equips, trains these groups, the very groups that you just listed out in places throughout — whether it be Iraq and Syria, in Lebanon, in Yemen, we know Iran’s hand is behind all of these groups. And so our message has been very clear,” Deputy Defense Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.
“We don’t seek a regional conflict. We don’t want to see a regional conflict, and we certainly don’t want what’s happening in Gaza to spill out into a larger regional or wider-scale war.”
The Pentagon has pushed Iran “repeatedly to stop and that’s what you’re going to see us continuing to do.”
America is “meeting those words with actions,” she added.
“That’s why you’ve seen the strikes that we’ve conducted. You’ve seen the formation of Operation Prosperity Guardian in December,” she said, “as a direct response to some of the actions that these Iranian-funded and militia groups are — the activities that they’re continuing to engage in.”
“So we are we are being very public with our message to Iran, and we want these — we certainly want these attacks to stop, not only on our forces — on our forces in Iraq and Syria, but our forces in the Red Sea and commercial shipping,” she added.
Despite these efforts, attacks by the Houthis have continued in the Red Sea, and there have been numerous attacks against American troops in Iraq and Syria.
President Biden has conveyed a message to Iran, stating that the U.S. is well prepared to address the situation.
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