Iran's advanced missile defence unveiled earlier this month Image: SalamPix/ABACA Iran's advanced missile defence unveiled earlier this month Image: SalamPix/ABACA THE UNITED STATES launched cyber attacks against Iranian missile control systems and a spy network after Tehran downed an American surveillance drone, according to US media.
Trump called off a planned retaliatory military strike on Friday, saying the response wouldn’t be “proportionate”, with Tehran warning Washington that any attack would see its interests across the Middle East go up in flames. The downing of the US drone came after a series of attacks on oil tankers in the congested shipping lanes of the Gulf, that Washington has blamed on Iran, exacerbated already-tense relations between the two countries.Trump, who spent Saturday with his advisors at Camp David, initially told reporters that he was keen to be Iran’s “best friend” but only if the country agreed to renounce nuclear weapons.
“We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday,” tweeted Trump, who has also deployed additional troops to the Middle East.