The United States would respond to any Iranian drone strike and or any steps by Tehran against American interests, US President Joe Biden said on Saturday, after talks with top European powers on diplomatic measures to halt the Islamic regime’s nuclear program.
“With regard to the issue of how we’re going to respond to actions taken by them against the interests of the United States — whether they’re drone strikes or anything else — is we’re going to respond, and we’re going to continue to respond,” Biden told reporters in Rome, in advance of his trip to the United Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Scotland.
On Friday, the US Treasury issued new sanctions against Iran that specifically targeted the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone program in the aftermath of the Iranian drone attack earlier in October against a US military base in Syria.
The US Treasury said the IRGC has been providing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones for use by…
