d Trump ordered new sanctions on Tehran.
Those attacks, combined with an Iranian attack on an American spy drone in June, represented a "dramatic escalation of Iranian aggression," Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said. However, Joint Chiefs of Staff Joe Dunford categorized the deployment as "moderate," with the number of troops not expected to reach the thousands.
The attacks, which knocked out half of Saudi Arabia's oil production, have been claimed by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, but Washington has pointed its finger at Tehran, condemning the strikes as an "act of war." Meanwhile, Yemen's Houthi rebels, who have repeatedly targeted key Saudi infrastructure in recent months in cross-border attacks, unexpectedly announced late Friday that they planned to halt all strikes on the country.
"Treasury's action targets a crucial funding mechanism that the Iranian regime uses to support its terrorist network, including the Qods Force, Hezbollah and other militants that spread terror and destabilize the region," US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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