UMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump ubhale kuTwitter namuhla ukuthi useyalele uMbutho Wezasolwandle waseMelika ukuthi ucekele phansi noma yiziphi izibhamu zase-Iran ezihlukumeza imikhumbi yempi yaseMelika ePersian Gulf.
"Ngiyalele uMbutho Wezasolwandle wase-United States ukuthi udubule phansi ubhubhise noma yiziphi izibhamu zezibhamu zase-Iran uma zihlukumeza imikhumbi yethu olwandle," kusho uTrump ku-tweet yakhe.
Ngo-Ephreli 15, abezindaba ze-US Navy Fifth Fleet's service bathi izikebhe zezibhamu ze-Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) zazihamba ngendlela eyingozi eduze kwemikhumbi yamasosha aseMelika ePersian Gulf. Ngokwemibiko, izikebhe zezibhamu zase-Iran zingene ngaphakathi kwamayadi angama-50 emikhumbi yempi yase-US.