Iran threatens attacks against US troops

 American Action News:

Iran warned earlier this week that it would attack U.S. troops in the Middle East if President Joe Biden helps defend Israel from retaliatory attacks, Axios reported Friday, citing U.S. officials.

Iran is potentially prepping a retaliatory attack against Israel, which killed several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) members in an airstrike in Syria on April 1. The U.S. is currently helping Israel prepare its defense in light of Iran’s looming attacks, but Tehran is warning the Biden administration that if it interferes, it will launch attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East, according to U.S. officials who spoke to Axios.

Iran has told several nations throughout the Middle East that it holds the U.S. responsible for the Israeli strikes, even though the Biden administration directly told Tehran otherwise. The Biden administration is worried behind closed doors that Iran will include U.S. forces in its retaliatory attacks.

“The Iranian message was we will attack the forces that attack us, so don’t fuck with us and we won’t fuck with you,” one U.S. official told Axios. Iran may choose to launch attacks within days at this juncture, another U.S. official told The Wall Street Journal.
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It isn’t clear whether Iran was threatening to attack U.S. forces if they helped Israel defend against an Iranian missile attack, or if the U.S. jointly worked with Israel to retaliate, a U.S. official told Axios. President Joe Biden has promised that the U.S. will defend Israel if it is attacked by Iran; Israel has vowed to strike Iran at its core if the country directly attacks Israel.
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Iran is apparently responding to an attack by Israel on some of its people in Syria who were tied to attacks against Israel.  It looks like the mullahs in Iran may escalate the conflict into a war with the US. 

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