As US goes on offense against Yemen’s Houthis, Trump warns Iran it faces ‘dire consequences’ for the actions of its proxy– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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TRUMP TO IRAN: ‘CONSEQUENCES WILL BE DIRE!’: Under orders from President Donald Trump, the U.S. military has begun an open-ended campaign to systematically destroy the ability of Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen to disrupt international shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
And on his Truth Social platform, Trump issued a pointed warning to Tehran that failure to rein in the Houthis — who have been able to continue attacks against ships since late 2023 thanks to substantial financial and military assistance from Iran — will put Iran in the crosshairs.
“Iran has played ‘the innocent victim’ of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control. They’re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, ‘Intelligence,’” Trump said. “Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!”
At the Pentagon, chief spokesman Sean Parnell characterized Trump’s threat to Iran as bringing “moral clarity” back to the United States of America. “We know who the enemies of this country are and the enemies of a free world are, and President Trump has put them on notice.”
