The Iranian navy will ship warships to deploy within the Atlantic from March, a prime commander stated on Friday, because the Islamic Republic seeks to extend the working vary of its naval forces to the yard of the US, its arch foe.
The presence of US plane carriers within the Gulf is a safety concern for Iran and its navy has sought to counter that by displaying the flag close to American waters. Simply days in the past a senior Iranian commander warned Iran would by no means permit US warships to sail close to its territorial waters saying the Islamic Republic was prepared to make use of any means vital to reply to any motion by Washington.
A flotilla will depart for the Atlantic early within the Iranian new 12 months, ranging from March, Iran’s naval deputy commander stated.
“The Atlantic Ocean is way and the operation of the Iranian naval flotilla would possibly take 5 months,” Rear-Admiral Touraj Hassani was quoted as saying by the state information company IRNA.
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