Iran: US to face ‘extraordinary problems’ if it forms multinational Red Sea force

Iran warns of the consequences of a multinational force being set up in the Red Sea to protect against attacks on ships by the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen.

The White House said last week that the US may establish a naval task force to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea, following repeated and escalating attacks by the Houthis on ships with alleged ties to Israel or sailing to it, allegedly in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani tells the Islamic Republic’s official ISNA news agency that “if they make such an irrational move, they will be faced with extraordinary problems,” according to Reuters.

“Nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance,” he claims, while not detailing what Tehran may do if such a step is taken.