The United States is sending more troops to the Middle East and the fear of a conflict with Iran is growing

Several world powers They expressed concern over growing tension in the Middle East, after Iran announced that it would cease to fulfill one of the essential points of the agreement guaranteeing not to develop atomic bombs and that the United States had approved the sending of a thousand additional soldiers to this region to face Tehran.

The Iranian and US governments have repeated that they did not want a warbut Washington warned that he was ready for a showdown while in the Persian capital they insisted on resisting pressure and winning.

After decades of hostility, the two countries signed a multilateral agreement in 2015 to freeze the Iranian nuclear program, but US President Donald Trump he was removed from the pact with his country last year and again imposed sanctions on the Iranian economy, including its vital oil sector.

Since then, bilateral relations have steadily deteriorated, particularly in recent weeks: Washington has sent an aircraft carrier and bombers to the Middle East and has accused Iran of recent attacks on several oil tankers near the Persian Gulf, which Tehran denied.

Trump's decision embarrbaded the other signatories of the nuclear pact, including some of the major allies of the United States, who tries to reduce tensions and keep Iran in an agreement that they consider essential for the stability of the Middle East and peace in the world.

"We must do everything to resolve the conflict with Iran in a peaceful manner," said German Prime Minister Angela Merkel. "We will do everything to pressure all parties, but especially to make clear to Iran that this situation should not get worse," said the German Foreign Minister.

In Moscow, the spokesman of President Vladimir Putin urged all parties to "show restraint". For his part, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi asked "to take no action that causes an escalation of tension and not to open a Pandora's box".

Iran has announced that its uranium reserves will exceed the limit set in the June 27 agreement and that could soon begin to enrich it to levels closer to those needed for the development of nuclear weaponsunless the other signatories of the pact – the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany – help you avoid US sanctions and sell crude.

The Pentagon responded by announcing the dispatch of a thousand additional soldiers to the Middle East to deal with these "threats", in addition to protecting the other 20,000 soldiers of the country in the region and protecting national interests.

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, insisted that Trump did not want a war with Iran, although he warned that the United States was ready if Tehran took a "bad decision".