The United States is sending missiles and a warship to the Middle East in response to Iran – 05/11/2019

The Pentagon announced Friday that it has sent a warship and a Patriot missile battery to the Middle East to reinforce an aircraft carrier and deployed bomber force to counter the alleged threats of Iran.

The USS Arlington, which carries soldiers, amphibious vehicles, landing craft and aircraft equipped with propellers, as well as the Patriot anti-aircraft system will join the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and a force of B-52 bombers heading for the Persian Gulf, after intelligence reports suggested that Iran is planning an attack in the region.

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The deployment is "in response to indications of Iran's increased willingness to conduct offensive operations against US forces and our interests," the Pentagon said in a statement.

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"The Ministry of Defense continues to monitor closely the activities of the Iranian regime, its army and its representatives," he added.

The Pentagon stressed that "the United States does not seek a conflict with Iran", but warned that they were "ready to defend US forces and interests in the region".

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In announcing the deployment of the Lincoln aircraft carrier and bombers, the White House National Security Advisor, John Bolton, said Sunday that the United States had sent a "clear and unequivocal message" to the United States. Iran on any attack against the United States or their allies. In the region.

But Washington did not give details about the alleged threatwhich has earned him criticism for his excessive tension and unnecessary escalation of tensions in the region.

The Supreme Council of Iranian National Security downplayed the significance of the recent US military deployment and termed it "bluffing" in Washington's "psychological war" against Tehran.

But on Wednesday, he intensified the confrontation with the United States by announcing that they would stop implementing two of the nuclear agreement commitments signed in 2015 with the big powers, and that the government Donald Trump had left last year.

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Trump immediately reacted by tightening sanctions against Tehran, particularly with regard to exports of iron, steel, aluminum and copper, a blow to the Persian economy.

Tensions increased on the occasion of the first anniversary of the US abandonment of the nuclear pact, a decision adopted by Trump considering that Iran was not keeping its commitments and that it should stop the development of its missile program and give up its influence in the country. conflicts in the Middle East region.

From the beginning of the agreement, the US government has reactivated the sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ordered countries all over the world to stop buying Iranian oil or be liable to sanctions.

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United Nations inspectors claimed that Iran had continued to comply with the nuclear agreement since the unilateral withdrawal of the pact by the United States.

The European countries signatory to the pact, opposed to the exit of the United States, try to keep the agreement afloat and try to promote measures to reduce the economic impact of the sanctions taken by the United States against the Islamic Republic.

In this context, Iranian President Hbadan Rohani announced on Wednesday that Tehran would resume high-level uranium enrichment activities if the other signatory countries did not respect within 60 days their promise to protect the oil sector. and Iranian banks against US sanctions.

AFP