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“I have instructed the United States Navy to sink and destroy each and every Iranian gunboat if they harass our ships at sea,” Donald Trump published on his official Twitter account.
The president’s statements come after a week ago the pentagon described as “dangerous”, the approaches made by eleven vessels of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (designated as a terrorist group by Washington) to US warships in the Persian Gulf.
Faced with these threats, the Iranian general Abdolfazl Shekarchi replied to Trump that instead of being “Intimidating others”, should worry about “save” to the United States from the “Great crisis” of COVID-19.
Tension between Tehran and Washington escalated dramatically in the Persian Gulf since last year, when a series of attacks and sabotages against various military and commercial ships and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia occurred.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo For his part, he strongly criticized on Wednesday the successful launch of the first military satellite of the Islamic Republic.
“I think Iran should be held accountable for what it has done,” assured the American civil employee, who considered that Tehran violated a resolution of the United Nations that prohibits the launching of missiles.
I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020
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