Wakil Menteri Luar Negeri AS Urusan Politik Nicholas Burns, Selasa, memperingatkan Washington takkan membiarkan Iran menguasai Teluk, yang kaya akan minyak, dan akan mengirim gugus tempur kapal induk kedua untuk tetap mengawasi Teheran.
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns warned Tuesday that Washington would not allow Iran to control the oil-rich Gulf and was sending a second aircraft carrier battlegroup to keep Tehran in check.