Donald Trump has issued Iran a "dire" warning after US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen killed 52 people and injured at least 101 more following the Houthi's Red Sea attacks.
Described as "decisive and powerful" by the President, the wave of strikes on Houthi rebels was attributed to the Iranian-backed group's attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
Subsequently, taking to his Truth Social Platform to speak out, the Republican declared that Iran will "suffer the dire consequences" of their actions.
He said: "Let nobody be fooled! The hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from, and are created by, IRAN.
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"Any further attack or retaliation by the "Houthis" will be met with great force, and there is no guarantee that that force will stop there. Iran has played "the innocent victim" of rogue terrorists from which they’ve lost control, but they haven’t lost control.
"They’re dictating every move, giving them the weapons, supplying them with money and highly sophisticated Military equipment, and even, so-called, "Intelligence."
"Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!"