US Defense Secretary Vows to Fight Iran During Bahrain Visit

Since President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, a series of escalation incidents have occurred on a broader scale. That includes drone and mine strikes against ships at sea, as well as attacks blamed on Iran and its proxies in Iraq and Syria. The US also killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad in early 2020, when Iran targeted US troops in Iraq with ballistic missiles.