"Trump threatens Iran with another "small, epic anger" US State Department withdraws personnel from mediate East embassies, and the Pentagon, according to reports, moves troops from bases in the region"

U.S. president Donald Trump threatened to carry out another military operation against Iran. At the same time, Washington quietly withdraws diplomatic personnel and moves troops from bases in the mediate East – these actions match preparations that preceded the first American-Israeli strikes in February.

“We can make another tiny “Epic Fury” or they will make concessions” said Trump at a Friday election rally in Florida, referring to the military offensive against Iran, launched on 28 February.

"If they are reasonable, they will simply say: let's get to the specifics" – he added, expressing doubts as to whether Tehran would accept Washington's demands.

The Pentagon has officially announced the termination of the operation "Epic Fury" May 5, although the conflict continues. The administration tried to avoid formally defining the armed action as war, claiming that the strength of the fighting had fallen.

On Friday Trump again stated that earlier American attacks "ruined" Iran's uranium enrichment capabilities and led to Iran's failure "in military, financial and any another aspect".

Trump's latest threat appears at the minute erstwhile the U.S. State Department announced a staff simplification in 4 successive diplomatic missions in the mediate East, justifying this with alleged threats from Iran and Yemeni Huti.

Diplomatic missions in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United arabian Emirates will stay open, but they will function in limited individual composition.

Unlike Saudi Arabia, where at the beginning of the week it was ordered to leave the country for staff who did not execute key tasks and their families.

On Friday, an intelligence memo was besides sent to the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, which shows that Tehran intensified its efforts against Americans abroad.

"Iranian plans to assassinate U.S. citizens have entered an advanced phase, both in the mediate East and in another countries" – wrote national intelligence manager Jay Clayton in a paper to which the AP agency and Axios service reached.

The memo does not indicate circumstantial objectives or supply evidence of the existence of these plans.

U.S. government officials deny that the withdrawal of diplomatic personnel is related to preparations to resume attacks on Iran.

However, these reductions coincide in time with reports that the Pentagon quietly began moving troops from bases in Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait.

These movements were reported by NBC News on Wednesday, and CBS later confirmed these reports.

akin precautions were taken prior to the February 28 offensive erstwhile the Pentagon evacuated troops from susceptible installations before expected retaliation from Iran.

Tehran then accused Washington of utilizing Gulf residents as ‘living shields’ After American military personnel reportedly moved to civilian hotels and office buildings.

The Pentagon reportedly presented Trump with options to resume attacks on Iran's atomic facilities, underground military installations and strategical islands, including Charg Island, the main oil export center.

Trump undertook not to carry out further attacks before the November 3 supplemental elections, while not excluding military action if Tehran rejects Washington's demands.

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source:https://rt-english.com/news/647597-trump-another-epic-fury/