<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>“Iran’s Alvand and Bushehr warships have been dispatched to the Gulf of Aden to protect trade vessels from piracy,” Tasnim reported.
The US military strikes were in response to failed missile attacks this week on a US Navy<wm> ship in Yemen. However, the US military also acknowledges that US forces have killed an American citizen and detained an American civilian. However, this incident has all the US military saying they didn't know about this incident until the US was attacked on Yemen.
According to the US military statement, the USS Porter (LHA-3), along with other US naval ships in the region, have been in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf to protect their interests.
Al-Shalaq, a group advocating for human</wm> rights and religious tolerance, said that US actions could lead to the weakening of the Alawite faith