New threatening gestures between USA and Iran | Currently Middle East | '
US Security Advisor John Bolton has issued another warning in the direction of Tehran. "Our military is rebuilt, new and ready to use, by far the best in the world," said Bolton at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. US President Donald Trump has stopped a planned attack on Iran only "at the present time," Bolton said. He also said that there would be more harsh sanctions against Iran. "Iran must never have nuclear weapons," Bolton said.
The representative of the US government accused Iran of destabilizing the entire Middle East region. His host, the Israeli head of state, said Iranian aggression in the region had skyrocketed following the signing of the 2015 International Atomic Energy Convention. According to Netanyahu, the sanctions were lifted in Tehran's "explosion of terror and aggression".
Bolton has traveled to Israel to discuss the situation in the region with security advisers from Russia and Israel at a summit in Jerusalem. According to media reports, it is about the situation in Syria, but also the recent tensions with Iran. Russia and Iran support the ruler Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the US is on the side of the opposition.
Reports about so-called cyberattack
Meanwhile, citing intelligence agents, a so-called cyber attack by the United States on Iran is reported. It was a retaliation after the recent attacks on oil tankers, reported the news portal "Yahoo News". The Washington Post writes that the action overruled the Iranian missile launch system. A spokeswoman for the Department of Defense in Washington did not comment.
Execution in Karaj
In Iran meanwhile a suspected spy of the US secret service CIA has been executed. Jalal Hajji Sawar, who worked for the Iranian Ministry of Defense's aerospace organization, had been convicted by a military court of spying on the US government and the CIA, reported the Iranian news agency Isna. The death sentence was executed in a prison in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran. Sawar's ex-wife was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "involvement in espionage," according to the report.
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