The operation was aimed at preventing the Iranian ship from sharing intelligence with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have fired missiles and drones at cargo ships in the Red Sea.
The United States carried out a cyberattack on an Iranian warship that was collecting intelligence on cargo ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. NBC News reported this on Thursday, February 15, citing three sources in the American government.
The cyberattack is understood to have occurred more than a week ago and was part of the White House administration’s response to a drone attack by Iran-backed groups in Iraq that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan at the end of the month.
The operation was aimed at preventing the Iranian ship from sharing intelligence with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have fired missiles and drones at cargo ships in the Red Sea. US officials said Iran used the ship to provide the Houthis with target information to make their attacks on the ships more effective.
One of the interlocutors said the operation was carried out on an Iranian ship called the MV Behshad. Other officials declined to reveal the ship’s name.
Last week, in an interview with NBC News, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeed Irawan said Behshad was in the Red Sea “to fight piracy” and was not providing any intelligence.
Since January, Behshad has been located near the port of Djibouti, close to China’s military base on the coast. Military analysts speculated that Iran may have decided to move the ship closer to the Chinese base to prevent the US Navy from attempting to physically attack or board the suspected spy vessel.
Let’s recall that on the night of January 28, as a result of a drone air strike on the American military base in Jordan, at least three US military personnel died and many were injured. After that, Republicans called on Biden to strike Iran. Meanwhile, Iran has denied any involvement in the attack on the US base.
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