The Pentagon began assembling a maritime coalition in the Red Sea last month led by US Navyβs Combined Task Force 153 and ships from the UK, Denmark and Greece amid a spate of Houthi hijackings, missile and drone attacks targeting Israeli-affiliated commercial ships traversing the strategic body of water.
Iranβs ambassador to the United Nations has warned the United States against any βadventurismβ that could further destabilize the already fragile security situation in the Red Sea.
β[Iran] issues a stern warning against any US adventurism that could endanger regional peace,β Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Tuesday in a letter directed to the US and its allies, a week after Iranβs Navy deployed a cruise missile-armed warship in the region.