An Iranian general promised “decisive and destructive” to respond to any threats after president Donald Trump said he ordered the American troops to start military action against Houthis in Yemen.
“We warn our enemies that Iran will respond decisively and destructively if they perform their threats,” General Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, According to Reuters after the state media during the weekend against the terrorist group in Tehran against the terrorist group supported by Tehran.
“We are not a nation to live in hiding. We are a valid and legitimate system in the world. We announce it when we attack everywhere,” Salami said by ABC News.
US Central Command said on Saturday that “a series of operations had initiated that consists of precision attacks against Iran-supported Houthi goals in Yemen to defend American interests, to deter enemies and restore the freedom of navigation.”
American military shoots Houthi drones while Trump’s strikes continue against the terrorist group
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Gen. Hossein Salami attends a ceremony to mark the third birthday of the murder of senior Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an American attack, in Tehran, Iran, on January 3, 2023. (Majid Asgaripour / Wana / Reuters)
Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday that he “ordered the army of the United States to launch decisive and powerful military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.”
“It is more than a year since a commercial ship in the US sailed safely through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden,” Trump continued. “The last American warship that went through the Red Sea four months ago was attacked by the Houthis during a dozen times.”
Trump wrote that “the relentless attacks have cost the US and the world economy many billions of dollars, while at the same time endangering innocent life.”
“For all Houthi terrorists you have time to stop and your attacks, starting today. If they don’t, hell will rain on you like nothing you’ve ever seen before!” His post concluded.
The large-scale campaign against Houthi goals in Yemen will be “inexorable” until the Proxies supported by Iran promise to withdraw our assets, Defense Minister Pete Hegseeth Fox News told on Sunday.
This image comes from video from the American navy shows a plane that is launched from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea in front of air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday 15 March. (US Navy via AP)
“As soon as the Houthis say:” We stop photographing on your ships, we stop photographing on your drones, “will end this campaign, but until that time it will be inexorable,” he said “Sunday Morning Futures” gastheer Maria Bartiromo.
The Houthis claim that the recent American strikes, according to the Associated Press, have killed at least 53 people and were injured.
“We will confront escalation with escalation,” said the leader of the Houthis, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, reportedly on Sunday.
“We will respond to the American enemy in his raids, in his attacks, with rocket attacks, by focusing on his aircraft carrier, his warships, his ships,” Alhouthi added. “However, we still have escalation options. If it continues his aggression, we will switch to extra escalation options.”
American warships have shot about a dozen Houthi drones since Saturday, Fox News has learned.
This image comes from video from the American navy shows a plane that is launched from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea in front of air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday 15 March. (US Navy via AP)
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A high defense officer told Fox News about the developments on Sunday. The drones were aimed at the Truman Carrier Strike Group of the American Navy and were shot “well before” they were a serious threat, the official said.
Fox News’ Taylor Penley, Andrea Margolis and Lucas Y. Tomlinson contributed to this report.
