Iran army chief Ali Abdollahi has warned Gulf countries not to provide any assistance to the US military.

“We wish to warn that any assistance or facilitation provided to the aggressor US military amounts to participation in the US military operation,” Abdollahi said. He asserted that doing so would be tantamount to joining American military operations in Iran.

Earlier this month, Abdollahi had issued bellicose threats over the course of the Middle East war, warning regional neighbours that “any country serving as a defensive shield for criminal and aggressive America will be engulfed by the flames of war.”

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump announced that no talks with Iran were planned and insisted the Strait of Hormuz remained open, despite reduced shipping traffic. – editor@nrifocus.com