Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday. Without providing details, Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. has "indications that more Iranian provocations may be in the offing.
If that happens, he said, the U.S. will take action - preemptively, if it has sufficient warning.
He spoke two days after dispatching several hundred Army paratroopers to Kuwait as potential reinforcements in the region. Those troops were sent after an Iran-sponsored Iraqi militia attempted to break into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.