Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper urges European allies to publicly condemn Iran's actions. His comments come as Iran is expected to breach the agreed upon cap on its enriched uranium stockpile.
Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged European allies on Thursday to publicly condemn Iran's actions and join a new U.S.-proposed maritime security effort to protect the Strait of Hormuz, after a series of attacks on tankers and the shoot down of a American drone in that strategic waterway. His comments come as Iran is expected to breach the agreed upon cap on its enriched uranium stockpile.
Esper, who stepped into the role of acting Pentagon chief only on Monday, also announced that he would return to Brussels in mid-July to give allies a more detailed briefing"on the history of this Iranian threat." A senior State Department official described the coalition as military and commercial ships serving in an observer role in the Gulf with cameras and binoculars, but not actually escorting tankers.
"Our strategy is at its core an economic and diplomatic one," Esper said, before adding that"no one should mistake restraint for weakness."
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