President Donald Trump's national security adviser said that Mike Waltz said on Sunday that the American air strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen are not looking out of the multiple Houthi leaders.
Waltz made the revelation on ABC News '' '' '' on Sunday
“This was an overwhelming reaction that actually focused on several Houthi leaders and took them out,” said Waltz.
Waltz was asked by Anker Martha Raddatz how the strikes of the Trump government were different from those performed during the Biden administration.
He said the difference “went behind the Houthi leadership” and “Iran held responsible.”
The air strikes were performed in response to the attacks of the group on shipping in the Red Sea.
At least 31 people were killed after Trump launched the military strikes against the Houthis van Yemen, the rebel group unveiled. It is now promising.
Trump National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said that the American air strikes in Yemen 'Houthi leaders have achieved and warned direct military action against Iran is on the table because Trump requires the country to stop supporting the rebel group
In a post on social media, Trump promised attacks on American ships “not tolerated.”
He also gave Iran a message to immediately reduce his support for the Houthis and if Iran makes threats, the US will keep them 'fully responsible'.
Asked by Raddatz or direct military action on Iran is a possibility, said Waltz: “All options are always on the table with the president.”
“Iran must hear him loud and clear,” said Waltz. “It is completely unacceptable and it will be stopped, the level of support they have offered the Houthis.”
He said that Trump comes in with 'overwhelming power' and will not only be the Houthis responsible, but also Iran.
Waltz said that if Iranians have stopped other things, such as ships, trainers or intelligence, to help the Houthis attack “those goals will also be on the table.”
Smoke is reportedly rising from a location struck by American air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen on Saturday, March 15, 2025
Smoke who rises across the capital Yemen after the US launched air strikes on 15 March
The Houthis said that children were among those who were killed in the strikes on Saturday and were injured 101 people.
The rebel group supported by Iran warned that the strikes would not 'pass' without an answer.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi said that Washington had 'no authority' to dictate his foreign policy.
Esmaeil Baqaei ', a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, strongly condemned the brutal air strikes of the US in a later statement. He denounced them as a 'gross violation of the principles of the UN charter'.
The US Central Command (CentCom), which placed images of hunters and a bomb that demolished a building complex, said that 'precision attacks' were launched to defend 'American interests, scare enemies and restore the freedom of navigation'.
President Trump watches while air strikes were launched on 15 March against the Houthi rebels of Yemen
A girl injured by an American strike is on strike in a hospital in Saada, Yemen March 16, 2025
People are looking for the rubble of a house that is hit by the American strikes in Saada, Yemen on March 15
The rebels, who have checked many of Yemen for more than a decade, are part of the 'axis of resistance' of pro-Iran groups that are completely against Israel and the United States.
They have launched dozens of drone and rocket attacks by ships passing through Yemen in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden during the Gaza War, and claimed solidarity with the Palestinians.
Pentagon Sean Parnell spokesperson said that the Houthis had attacked American warships '174 times and 145 times commercial ships since 2023'.
The campaign paralyzed the essential route, which normally wears around 12 percent of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies in a precious detour around South Africa.
The Palestinian group of Hamas, which has long supported the Houthis, hit the American strikes on Saturday, in which they have a grim violation of international law and an attack on the sovereignty and stability of the country '.
After they stopped their attacks when it was chattering -Gaza's fires came into force in January, the Houthis announced on Tuesday that they would resume them until Israel lifts his blockage of help to the shattered Palestinian territory.
Trump's explanation did not refer to the dispute about Israel, but was aimed at earlier Houthi attacks on trader shipping.
'To all Huthi [sic] Terrorists, your time is to and your attacks have to stop, starting today. If they don't, hell will rain on you as nothing you've ever seen before! “He said.
“Don't threaten the American people, their president … or global shipping jobs. If you do that, beware, because America will keep you fully responsible and we will not be nice about it! '
The threat of Trump for Iran comes after he has also made attempts to restart nuclear conversations with the leaders of the country with a letter just over a week ago.
Last week the highest leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the idea of ​​negotiating with the US about his nuclear program after receiving the President's letter.
On Sunday, Waltz told ABC News 'All options are on the table' to ensure that Iran has no nuclear weapon.
“We can't have a world with the Ayatollahs with their finger on the nuclear button,” said Waltz. “We can't have a situation that would lead to an weapon race in the middle in terms of nuclear proliferation.”
He said that Trump has been “somehow” established to “ensure that we don't have a world that can be threatened by a radical regime.”
