U.S. defense official gives ABC News new details about intelligence that drove U.S. to deploy an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers to Iran after it deployed missiles in early May.
Following claims by Iran about why it deployed missiles in early May that led the U.S. to deploy an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers to the region, a U.S. defense official has provided ABC News with new details about the intelligence that drove the Trump administration's strong response.
"We have a right to defend ourselves. So, if you put missiles on our boats, it is our right, we don't need to consider it," Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, told ABC News'"This Week"anchor Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview in Tehran this weekend."So, if they if they show that intelligence, that's only the obvious," he said when asked about the possibility that the U.S.
The intelligence about the cruise missiles along with the buildup of other Iranian forces along the Persian Gulf were key factors in the U.S. military's decision to deter a new Iranian threat to U.S. forces and interests in the Middle East, according to U.S. officials. U.S. intelligence tracked the two dhows as they sailed 200 miles eastward through Iranian territorial waters towards the port of Chabahar. Throughout that trip, the official said, the launchers had been covered to avoid their being detected.
The official said Zarif's claim that the missiles were for defensive purposes did not add up, noting that Iran already has 2,000 cruise and ballistic missiles along its coast for that purpose.
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