The Times of Israel reports: “US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran on Wednesday that it will face consequences for supporting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, even as the United States has relaunched talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.

The United States and Iran have so far held three rounds of indirect talks, mediated by Gulf state Oman, aimed at sealing a deal that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift crippling economic sanctions imposed by Washington…

‘Message to IRAN: We see your LETHAL support to The Houthis. We know exactly what you are doing,’ Hegseth wrote on X. ‘You know very well what the US Military is capable of — and you were warned. You will pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of our choosing.’…”