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US sends more than 10 warships to Middle East
The United States of America has sent 12 warships to the Middle East, The Washington Post reports, citing a senior Pentagon official.
"The ships included the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and accompanying warships," the newspaper wrote.
In addition, the US authorities have sent a three-ship Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, which includes more than four thousand Marines, to the Middle East.
As reported by Regnum news agency, on July 31, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the military to launch a direct attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
Iran's permanent representative to the UN, Amir Saeed Irwani, said that the US is the biggest supporter of the Israeli regime in the region. Haniyeh's murder would not have been committed without the help of US intelligence, he believes. On July 31, the US, Great Britain and France blocked a draft UN Security Council statement proposed by Russia on the assassination of the Hamas politburo chief, Irwani added.
Middle East expert Mais Kurbanov believes that the world is on the threshold of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East, which could start at any moment. The orientalist recalled that Haniyeh was one of the prominent figures of Hamas and his death cannot go unpunished, Iran will not forgive this, a response will definitely follow.