US military officials’ anti-Iranian claims: We are focused on weakening Tehran’s threats

On Tuesday local time, US Defense Secretary (Pentagon Head) Lloyd Austin emphasized in the Senate Armed Forces Committee: America has focused its actions on “weakening Iran’s threats against maritime navigation”.

Without referring to Washington’s support for terrorist groups in the West Asian region (West Asia), thousands of kilometers away from this country, the head of the Pentagon claimed: “Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and Iran’s dangerous proxy militia groups and its support for terrorism undermine the security of the region.” .”
General “Charles Brown”, the Chief of Staff of the US Army, also claimed in this meeting: “Tehran’s support for attacks on American forces and Iran’s participation in such attacks fuel more instability in the region.”

The Chief of Staff of the United States Army continued to fear Washington from Tehran’s nuclear program and repeated the baseless claims of trying to obtain nuclear weapons and claimed: Iran’s proxy militia groups used the October 7 attacks as an opportunity to attack American forces. They used it in Syria, Iraq and the Red Sea.

The anti-Iranian claims of the American military officials are at a time when Joe Biden’s administration in the Gaza war with all-round support for Israel, despite humanitarian claims, not only did not stop Israel to stop the killing of innocent Palestinian people, but also continues to support Tel Aviv.

These claims are at the same time that the US Central Command Headquarters, known as Centcom, claimed that it had sent the weapons seized from Iran to Yemen to Ukraine.

Centcom claimed to have transferred seized weapons, including RPG-7, sniper, Kalashnikov, and a large amount of ammunition to the armed forces of Ukraine.

The US Central Command claims that these weapons will help Ukraine to defend itself against Russia.

The US military claimed that these weapons were seized from May 2021 to February 2023 when they were sent by Iran to the Yemenis.

Meanwhile, Iran’s ambassador and representative to the United Nations has said in a letter to the Security Council regarding America’s claim about sending weapons to Yemen: Iran categorically rejects these baseless accusations and considers them as an excuse that the United States It uses it to justify and legitimize its illegal actions and military aggression against Yemen.

The military bases of the United States of America in Iraq and Syria have been targeted by drone, rocket and missile attacks since October 17, 2023 (October 25, 1402). The Islamic resistance groups in the West Asia (West Asia) region, including in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Yemeni forces, following the action of the Israeli regime in retaliation for the Al-Aqsa operation and the bombing of the Gaza Strip and Washington’s support for these attacks, have warned the United States that the American bases They will target the region.

The Yemeni army, in support of the resistance of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, has targeted several Israeli ships or ships bound for the occupied territories in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and says that the army forces of this country have committed themselves until the Israeli regime stops its attacks on does not stop Gaza, the attacks on the ships of this regime or the ships bound for the occupied territories will continue in the Red Sea.

At the same time, the forces of the Yemeni army have emphasized that navigation in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea is free for other ships, and they enjoy full security.

America and England along with 8 other countries attacked the positions of Ansarullah in Yemen on 21st of this month equal to 11th of January 2024 following the resolution of the United Nations Security Council.

The UN Security Council on January 20, 1402 equal to January 10, 2024, passed the resolution proposed by the United States of America and Japan with number 2722 against Ansarullah in Yemen regarding the attacks in the Red Sea without mentioning the main reason for these attacks and Washington’s support for the Israeli regime in The bombing of Gaza was approved.

The US Treasury Department announced on February 16 (Bahan 27, 1402) that the sanctions that the United States of America has imposed against this group due to Yemen’s Houthi (Ansarullah) attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, have entered into force today.

The US Ministry of Foreign Affairs also declared this movement a global terrorist group on February 17 (28th of Bahman 1402) following the implementation of a new round of sanctions against Yemen’s Ansarullah by the Ministry of Treasury of this country.

In 2021, US President Joe Biden’s government removed the Ansarullah movement from Washington’s terrorist list in order to facilitate the Yemeni peace negotiations.

Source: IRNA