Donald Trump announced Friday, May 25, sending 1,500 additional US military in the Middle East. These reinforcements have been presented as a necessary protection measure against Iran.

The Pentagon said that of these additional 1,500 troops, 900 would be sent to the region. The other 600 are already stationed but their deployment will be extended. No soldier sent to reinforce will go to Iraq or Syria, says the Department of Defense.

"We want to get protection in the Middle East, we will send a relatively small number of soldiers, mainly as a precaution," said the US president, who addressed the press before leaving the White House for a visit to Japan .

These reinforcements will support US military assets already stationed in the region. The US military has recently sent the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and his carrier group, as well as bombers and batteries of Patriot missiles in response to what Washington calls Iranian threats. "It's about defensive forces," said Katie Wheelbarger, Under Secretary of Defense for International Security Issues.

Iran accused of "sabotage"

The US military has also formally accused on Friday the guards of the Revolution, the elite body of Iranian forces, to be directly responsible for the "acts of sabotage" which targeted four tankers, including two Saudi oil, May 12 last off the United Arab Emirates.

The State Department has withdrawn some of its personnel stationed in Baghdad and Erbil, saying they fear a threat from pro-Iranian militias. A rocket fell without casualties last weekend in the "green zone", a high security area of ​​the Iraqi capital, 500 meters from the US embassy.

A series of military contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

Five days after threatening the Islamic Republic of destruction, Donald Trump was measured more on Friday. "At the moment, I do not think Iran wants to fight, and I certainly do not think they want to fight against us," he said. "But they will not be able to have nuclear weapons, and they understand it."

It is in this context that his administration, defying congressional opposition, is preparing to authorize a series of military contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the tune of $ 8 billion, has it been learned Friday with several US senators.

Tehran denounces for its part a "psychological war" and a "political game". Iran, which is suffering from the reinstatement of economic sanctions following Donald Trump's decision a little over a year ago to withdraw his country from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, has also threatened to no longer respect certain commitments made in this context.

RUSSIAN SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESS RELEASE RUSSIAN SECRETARY-GENERAL JANUARY JABAROV HAS BEEN SELECTED THAT RUSSIA MAY REFER TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS NEW DEPLOYMENT OF AMERICAN FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST -East.

With Reuters