Ships, planes and Patriot missiles were used by Washington to neutralize much of the offensive launched by Tehran. Washington clarified on Sunday its role in the sequence of recent days.
The Iranian attack is intended to be a response to the strike carried out by Israel on April 1 against the Tehran consulate in Damascus, in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, including two generals, died. Iran immediately affirmed that the strike would not go unanswered. US President Joe Biden spent Saturday evening following the events live in the famous “Situation Room”, the situation room of the White House. “We estimate that over a hundred missiles were on approach at the same time, at any given time. The results of the defensive measures were of course unclear until everything was over,” said an official present on site, to describe the atmosphere of tension. The United States was also in contact with Iran, via “a series of direct communications relayed by Switzerland” Additional troops have also been deployed to the region “to enhance regional deterrence and protection of U.S. forces” according to the Department of Defense.