Iran to US: Don't Sink This Particular Ship, or Else

After a weekend of U.S. strikes against its proxies in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, Iran has issued a strongly worded warning not to target a ship that U.S. officials and analysts suspect of providing real-time intelligence for attacks on other vessels in the Red Sea and serving as a forward operating base for its commandos. 

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In a slickly produced video published on the Iranian Army’s Telegram channel Sunday, a narrator says in English that “those engaging in terrorist activities against the MV Behshad or similar vessels, jeopardize international maritime routes, security and assume global responsibility for potential future international risks.” 

Ed Morrissey

According to NBC News, Iran argues that a ship is an extension of a nation's sovereignty, so any attack on the Behsad (or its sister ship, also in the area) is a direct attack on the nation itself. What about attacks on American bases in Jordan and Iraq, then? Are those also not direct attacks on the US, along with the attacks by Houthis on US Navy vessels? At least to me, this seems like a tacit declaration by Iran that it is conducting a war on the US. Maybe the US should RSVP to the crew of the Behsad ... but Biden won't. 

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