Iranian cleric threatens U.S. Navy fleet amid warning regime could target commercial ships
Michael Singh says Iran and North Korean are trying to increase leverage against the US
It will take patience and deft diplomacy by the Trump administration to resist Iranian and North Korean efforts to put pressure on the U.S., says Michael Singh, former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council.
Tensions escalated in the Middle East on Friday as Iran warned it could easily destroy a naval fleet sent by the United States in order to ward off a potential threat to American commercial interests.
"Their billion[-dollar] fleet can be destroyed with one missile," Ayatollah Tabatabai-Nejad said, according to Reuters.
Ayatollah Tabatabai-Nejad, ... so can you.
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Their entire country can be destroyed by one of our ships.