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Saudi Arabia is reportedly sharing intelligence with U.S. officials suggesting Iran could be getting ready for an imminent attack.
The sharing of information was reported by ABC News, based on information from three U.S. officials Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia says such an attack would be an attempt to divert attention from large human rights protests in the Iran. The street protests were sparked by the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in the custody of the government’s so-called morality police for allegedly violating the country’s mandatory jihab law.
Iran also will carry out attacks in Erbil, Iraq, according to the news outlet The Foreign Desk.
Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the United States is “concerned about the threat situation in the region” but has not changed its position about such matters.
“What we’ve said before, and I’ll repeat it, is that we will reserve the right to protect and defend ourselves no matter where our forces are serving, whether in Iraq or elsewhere,” he said…
