Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned that a proposed US-backed multinational task force allegedly “to protect shipping in the Red Sea” would face extraordinary problems, official Iranian media reported on Thursday.
Ashtiani’s comments came after the United States said last week it was in talks with other countries to set up a task force following a spate of attacks staged by Yemeni revolutionaries against ships bound for the Zionist entity in the Red Sea.
“If they make such an irrational move, they will be faced with extraordinary problems,” Ashtiani told the official Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) in comments it published on Thursday.
“Nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance,” he said, referring to the Red Sea.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters last week that Washington was in talks with “other countries” over forming a “maritime task force … to ensure safe passage of ships in the Red Sea,” but did not give further details.
Source: Iranian media
