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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he wanted to create an international alliance against Iran. He spoke of "a coalition that extends not only across the Gulf States, but also across Asia and Europe." This should be ready to push back the "biggest sponsor of terror in the world", said Pompeo (article picture, left) before a trip to Saudi Arabia and in the United Arab Emirates. He wants to talk to both countries about a common strategic line.
This new global coalition commemorates the "Coalition of the Willing" that supported the US attack on Iraq in March 2003. The military operation led to the overthrow of the then Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Pompey reiterated that new sanctions against Iran will come into force this Monday. The US wants to prevent the country from building nuclear weapons and missiles, thereby ensuring that US interests are safeguarded and Americans are safe worldwide.
US President Donald Trump had announced the new sanctions on the weekend via Twitter. However, in an interview broadcast by NBC on Sunday, Trump also said he was ready for talks with Iran "without preconditions."
The months of tensions between Iran and the US had come to a dangerous end late last week. Iran fired a reconnaissance drone on Thursday, which, according to Tehran, had damaged the country's airspace. According to US data, the unmanned aircraft flew in international airspace.
The US then prepared a counter-attack, which Trump stopped just short of his words. He justified this with the expected number of 150 fatalities in Iran, which he disproportionately compared to the launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Missile launch system override?
However, according to media reports, the US is said to have carried out cyber attacks on targets. The Washington Post reported that the action overruled the Iranian missile launch system. A spokeswoman for the US Department of Defense did not comment.
Iran, on the other hand, claims to have fended off the attacks. The US tried again but had no success, Iranian Telecommunications Minister Mohammed Jawad Asari Dzhahromi said via Twitter. Last year, 33 million cyber attacks were fought off by the national firewall, said Asari Dzhahromi, referring to "cyber-terrorism".
At the same time, the Tehran government threatened to shoot another US drone. The destruction of the reconnaissance drone had been a "decisive response," said the commander of the Iranian Navy Tasnim news agency. "Everyone saw the launch of the unmanned drone," said Rear Admiral Hossein Chansadi. "I can assure you that this decisive answer can be repeated, and the opponent knows that."
stu / ar (dpa, afp, rtr)
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