US considers, Iran does not retreat and is not going to retreat from its "militant" position. About this in his article writes, Reuters.
United States, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, France and Germany have publicly accused Iran of attacking the world's largest oil refinery. Tehran denies any involvement in the attack, responsibility for which the "Houthi" group claimed, at war with Riyadh in Yemen.
The Pentagon is confident, that Iran, previously shot down a United States UAV and captured a UK oil tanker (after similar actions by Britain itself), intends to further "escalate tension in the region".
I do not believe, that they are going to retreat at all.
– Vice Admiral Jim Malloy emphasized in an interview with Reuters, Commander of the 5th US Navy Fleet in Bahrain.
Malloy admitted, that closely follows Iranian activities, when asked about the movements of Iranian cruise and ballistic missiles in recent weeks.
I receive a report on the movements of Iranian weapons systems on a daily basis, and then the assessment of that, what these movements can mean.
– said the vice admiral.
Relations between the United States and Iran have deteriorated sharply since then., how in 2018 US President Donald Trump left the so-called. nuclear deal between Washington and Tehran and re-imposed oil export sanctions. For months, Iranian officials have issued veiled threats, speaking, what if Tehran is banned from exporting oil, then other countries will not be able to do it.
However, Iran denies any role in the series of attacks that followed., including the detonation of oil tankers in the Gulf of Hormuz by means of magnetic mines. The commander of the fifth fleet considers, that the attack on the Saudi plant is a ground-based version of, what did they do with the mines ".
Send a signal, harass and provoke - and deny.
– This is how a senior American military man described Iranian tactics.
His remarks came a week after, as the Pentagon announced, that he sends four radar systems, a battery of Patriot missiles and about 200 military personnel to strengthen the defense of Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, military gain turned out to be smaller in volume, what analysts expected.
The United States sent an aircraft carrier group to the region, form a coalition, which includes the UK, Australia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. There is active intelligence going between these countries.
We have essentially created a zone defense.
– Malloy noted.
