“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!” said Trump
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President Donald Trump on Monday said that he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks carried out by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels, who have targeted several US and foreign vessels in the Red Sea.
Taking to Truth Social platform, the US President said, “Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN. Any further attack or retaliation by the “Houthis” will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there.”
He also blamed Iran for dictating every move, giving Houthis the weapons and supplying them with money and highly sophisticated military equipment, and even “intelligence.”
“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