From Tehran (archive)
In light of growing international fears about the expansion of the conflict that erupted on October 7 between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza and its transformation into a regional war, the United States has sent clear and decisive messages to Iran.
US officials have revealed that US President Joe Biden’s administration has sent messages to both Tehran and Hezbollah, through regional partners including Turkey, saying the US is determined to intervene militarily if they launch attacks against Israel.
Militarily prepared
Officials said Washington conveyed these messages clearly, stressing that it was ready to intervene militarily against both Hezbollah and Iran and strike them if they attacked Israel, the New York Times reported.
These warnings came as the waters of the Mediterranean Sea were crowded with huge American aircraft carriers and even nuclear submarines in preparation for the protection of American military bases in the region and for any emergency response that the circumstances might require.
These messages also came as a continuation of many political warnings issued publicly and officially by American officials, the most recent of which was US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who yesterday visited Israel and then also the West Bank and Iraq , where he issued his final warning.
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While Tehran has warned more than once that the spark of fire and war raging in Gaza would reach America and its bases and interests in the region. In recent weeks, the Revolutionary Guard has repeatedly threatened to strike American interests across what it called the “axis of resistance,” referring to many Iranian-backed groups, from Iraq and Syria to Yemen and Lebanon. , where they continue Since October 8, clashes and skirmishes have broken out between the Lebanese party and the armed forces. Israeli border.
Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza, fears have increased internationally of an expansion of the conflict to a regional level, especially with the entry of Hezbollah into the clashes in southern Lebanon, although so far they have been limited in scope .
Especially since American forces and their allies in Syria and Iraq have suffered at least 14 attacks since October 17, the Pentagon previously announced, adding that 21 soldiers were slightly injured.