Trump warns that Iran will be “responsible” for the hutis attacks of Yemen | Donald Trump news

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has threatened to hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the Hutis rebels in Yemen, in a pressure campaign against the government in Tehran.

The Republican leader issued the warning on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, signing the publication with his name.

“Do not fool anyone! The hundreds of attacks made by Houthi, the mafia and thug sinister with headquarters in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate, and are created by Iran, “Trump wrote.

“Any additional attack or retaliation by the ‘hutis’ will meet great force, and there is no guarantee that this force stops there. ”

The hutis have directed a series of attacks against Israeli vessels and other commercial ships in the Red Sea, in protest against the Israel War in Gaza and its blockade of humanitarian supplies in the Palestinian territory.

Experts greatly recognize that they will help assemble the hutis, which are considered part of an informal “resistance axis backed by Iran.

While Trump has previously pressed Iran to put an end to his support for the hutis, his comments on Monday indicate a significant escalation, hinting at a possible military action against Iran.

“Each shot fired by the hutis will be analyzed, from this moment, as a shot of the weapons and leadership of Iran, and Iran will be responsible and will suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be serious!” Trump wrote in his publication.

The comments come to a delicate time diplomatically for Trump and their counterparts in Iran.

Trump has been pressing Iran to denuclearize, although in 2018, during his first mandate in the White House, the president withdrew the United States from the joint comprehensive action plan (JCPOA), an agreement that would have seen Iran will reduce their nuclear ambitions in exchange for relief of sanctions.

Earlier this month, Trump sent a letter to the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatolá Ali Khamenei, warning that the United States could respond “militarily” if a nuclear agreement is not reached.

But Khamenei has rejected Trump’s attempts to negotiate, dismissing him as “intimidation” and pointing out the fact that Trump sank the previous agreement.

Iran has constantly said that its nuclear program is for civil purposes, and has denied the search for a nuclear weapon.

Simultaneously, Trump has increased US attacks against the hutis, after the armed group warned last week that would seek to ban Israeli ships of the nearby river paths.

“Any Israeli ship trying to violate this prohibition will be subject to military orientation in the declared operational area,” the hutis said in a statement.

The rebels pointed out that the ban arose from a blockade that Israel has imposed on Gaza, preventing humanitarian supplies from entering the territory torn by war since March 2.

Israel, however, is an ally of the United States for a long time, and Trump responded to the threats of the hutis with one of his on Saturday.

“Today, I have ordered the United States Army to set a decisive and powerful military action against Hutis terrorists in Yemen,” Trump wrote during the weekend, marking the beginning of a 24 -hour period of intense bombing in Yemen.

From Saturday to Sunday, the United States made an estimate of 47 air attacks, reaching seven Yemeni provinces and killing an estimated 53 people. The Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which is controlled by the hutis, was among the affected areas.

When announcing weekend attacks, Trump also warned Iran about his support for the hutis.

“For Iran: Support to Hutis terrorists must end immediately! It does not threaten the American people, its president, who has received one of the greatest mandates in presidential history, or world shipping lanes, “he,” he, “he.” wrote.

“If you do, be careful, because the United States will take it completely and, we will not be pleasant about it!”

The hutis have attacked almost 100 vessels in the region since November 2023, sinking two, and Trump is not the first president to carry out attacks against huti targets.

The predecessor of Trump, the Democratic President Joe Biden, also ordered multiple rounds of attacks against areas controlled by Houthi in Yemen.

But Biden and their administration described the attacks designed to interrupt the military capabilities of the Hutis, and firmly denied having tried to intensify violence. “We do not want to see a regional war,” said Pentagon Sabrina Singh spokeswoman in 2024.

Trump, however, rejected Biden’s efforts against hutis as “pathetically weak.” He and Biden were rivals in the presidential elections of 2020, which Trump lost.

Meanwhile, the hutis have promised to respond to Trump’s attacks. “We will face the climbing with the climb,” said his leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Sunday.

The group has already claimed to have made a retaliation strike against a naval ship in the United States.

Colin Clarke, the research director of the Soufan Group, a consulting firm, told Al Jazeera that Trump’s increasingly heated rhetoric seems to be contrary to some of his Trail campaign rhetoric.

When running for a second term in 2024, Trump promised to bring peace to the Middle East and withdraw the United States from foreign wars.

“Look, Trump has spoken incessantly about retiring from the Middle East. He doesn’t want to get tangled up in foreign wars, ”said Clarke. “Therefore, it is interesting that it is intensifying with these kinetic attacks, really as a signal directly to leadership in Tehran.”

Clarke added that the strikes in the hutis can be a method for Trump to force Iran to nuclear negotiations.

“Trump expects to get the attention of ayatollah with this, and hopes to use these attacks and potentially more in the next few days and weeks to bring the Iranians closer to the table.”