Both men have been charged with conspiring to export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran in violation of U.S. sanction laws.
The US military struck 85 targets, marking the start of an ongoing campaign in response to an Iran-backed drone strike that killed 3 American soldiers.
‘The attack in Jordan was planned, resourced, and facilitated by an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq,’ said NSC spokesperson John Kirby.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said President Biden would ‘do what he has to do’ to degrade the threat to U.S. troops in the Middle East.