Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Holding Iran Accountable for Unprecedented Attack on Israel

In the wake of Iran’s unprecedented air attack on Israel, President Biden is coordinating with allies and partners, including the G7, as well as bipartisan congressional leaders, for a comprehensive response. In the coming days, the United States will impose new sanctions against Iran, including its missile and drone program, as well as new sanctions against entities supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Ministry of Defense. We anticipate that our allies and partners will soon follow with sanctions of their own. Additionally, we continue to work through the Department of Defense and U.S. Central Command to strengthen and further expand the successful integration of air and missile defense and early warning systems across the Middle East to to further erode the effectiveness of Iran’s missile and drone capabilities.

These new sanctions and other measures will continue to exert constant pressure to contain and degrade Iran’s military capacity and effectiveness and address its overall problematic behavior. Over the past three years, in addition to missile and drone sanctions, the United States has sanctioned more than 600 individuals and entities linked to terrorism, terrorist financing, and other forms of illicit trade, horrific human rights violations and support for mandated terrorist groups. , notably Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Kataib Hezbollah. The pressure will continue. We will not hesitate to continue acting, in coordination with our allies and partners around the world, as well as Congress, to hold the Iranian government accountable for its malicious and destabilizing actions.

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