Iran Navy is planning to move the fleet of warships from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean, the region bordering the United States territorial waters.
Information on the Tehran Times today is loading. Accordingly, the main source was a senior naval officers revealed on Tuesday (27 / 9) local time.
Admiral Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the newspaper Tehran Times : "The imperialist expansion and global presence (military) near our waters, we will deploy the powerful fleet approaching U.S. territorial waters. "
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Iran's naval warships pass through Suez Canal. |
In response to claims of Iran, Captain John Kirby, spokesman for the Pentagon said: "We have promoted freedom of the seas from fungal infection through Iran and the Navy can go anywhere they want on the waters International. "
If the real deployment of the fleet approached the territory of the United States, Iran could face serious challenges, including the fuel problem. But some Pentagon officials speculate, warships Iran could be for fuel supply from Venezuela, where President Hugo Chavez, a close relationship with the Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in power.
Iran does not release the specific time the ships are deployed, as well as any type of vessel will perform tasks on international waters bordering the U.S. territorial waters. However, the plan was announced just months after Iran sent warships through the Suez Canal after the collapse of President Hosni Mubarak government in Egypt. This is the first ship to Iran to the Mediterranean Sea, put Israel - one of America's closest allies - into a state of high alert.
An Iranian naval commander said that the naval units will also establish direct contact with the U.S. Navy to the Gulf of Mexico. But Pentagon officials flatly deny whether any plans to visit Iran's navy.
A senior official of U.S. captain Kirby reiterated that Iran Navy can go anywhere they want. However, if they want to reach U.S. waters, sure "they will have a few fellow".
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