Iran-backed Houthis seize UAE ship off Yemen
The Hindu
Raisi demands Trump be ‘prosecuted and killed’
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a ship in the Red Sea, armed drones targeted Baghdad’s international airport, and hackers hit a major Israeli newspaper on Monday — a string of assaults that showed the reach of Iran-allied militias on the anniversary of America’s killing of a top Iranian general.
All three coincided with a massive memorial in Tehran for General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in 2020 in Iraq. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi demanded former U.S. President Donald Trump be “prosecuted and killed.” “If not, I’m telling all American leaders, don’t doubt that the hand of revenge will come out of the sleeves of ummah,” Mr. Raisi said, referring to the worldwide community of Muslims.
Monday’s events highlight tensions in West Asia, which has been roiled by Mr. Trump’s 2018 decision to withdraw America from a deal aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme. As talks continue in Vienna to try to resuscitate the accord, Iran remains able to apply pressure from outside of the negotiations even as it is squeezed by sanctions and a shadow war with Israel.
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