Iran Sends Warships to US Maritime Borders | Global Research
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian Navy commanders
announced on Saturday that the country has sent several fleets of
warships to the US maritime borders.
“The Iranian Army’s naval fleets have already
started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via the waters near
South Africa,” Commander of Iran’s Northern Navy Fleet Admiral Afshin
Rezayee Haddad announced on Saturday.
The admiral, who is also the commander of the Iranian Army’s 4th Naval Zone said,
“Iran’s military fleet is approaching the United States’ maritime borders, and this move has a message.”
In September 2012, Iran’s Navy Commander Rear
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari reiterated Iran’s plans for sailing off the
US coasts to counter the US presence in its waters in the Persian Gulf.
Sayyari had earlier informed of Tehran’s plans to
send its naval forces to the Atlantic to deploy along the US marine
borders, and in September 2012 he said that this would happen “in the
next few years”.
The plan is part of Iran’s response to
Washington’s beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf. The US Navy’s
5th fleet is based in Bahrain – across the Persian Gulf from Iran – and
the US has conducted two major maritime war games in the last two
years.
In September 2011, Sayyari had announced that the
country planned to move vessels into the Atlantic Ocean to start a naval
buildup “near maritime borders of the United States”.
“Like the arrogant powers that are present near
our maritime borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to the
American marine borders,” Sayyari said.
