Iran warns against attack on suspected spy ships after new air strikes in Yemen

An RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft back at base following strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen by UK and US forces (AS1 Jake Green RAF/MoD/Crown copyright/PA)

Iran has issued a warning to the US over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Middle East long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for Iranian commandos, just after America and Britain launched a massive air strike campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The statement from Iran on the Behshad and Saviz ships appeared to signal Tehran’s growing unease over the US strikes in recent days in Iraq, Syria and Yemen targeting militias backed by the Islamic Republic.