The United States ruling class has decided to hit an Iranian warship with a cyber attack. The attack took place in the Red Sea over a week ago. The covert operation was intended to inhibit the ship’s ability to share intelligence with Houthi rebels who have been attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea.

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According to a report by RT, the operation was part of a response by Joe Biden’s ruling class following a drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan in late January. During that attack, three American troops were killed and 40 others wounded. The retaliation by Washington also included airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against what it said were Iran-backed militias.

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One of the sources identified the hacked Iranian warship as MV Behshad. According to the Marine Traffic website, the vessel has been operating off Djibouti’s coast in the Horn of Africa since January. The cyberattack was aimed at degrading the ability of MV Behshad to gather information about the movement of ships in the Red Sea and provide it to Houthi fighters in Yemen, the official claimed. –RT

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, denied claims that MV Behshad had been collecting intelligence for the Houthis during an interview with NBC News last week. 

When asked whether Tehran had been providing arms to the Houthis, Iravani replied by saying: “Not at all.” The Yemeni fighters “have their own weapons” and themselves decided how to use them, he said. “We are not directing them. We are not commanding them. We have a common consultation with each other,” the diplomat added.

The US officials who talked to NBC News said that the American strikes in Iraq and Syria had failed to deter Iran, claiming that the country continues to provide arms and intelligence to its “proxies” in the region.

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