US deploys troops amid tension with Iran

By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland
Updated June 18 2019 - 6:33pm, first published 6:27pm
The US is sending more troops to the middle east region as tensions with Iran escalate.
The US is sending more troops to the middle east region as tensions with Iran escalate.

The United States is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to mounting concerns over Iran, which have escalated since attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

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