Iran Guards threatens US over Gulf presence after receiving new combat vessels

[Pitcher]

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/48372/Iran-Guards-threatens-US-over-Gulf-presence-after-receiving-new-combat-vessels
 

Iran Guards threatens US over Gulf presence after receiving new combat vessels

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned theUnited States against its naval presence in the Gulf as they received 110 new combat vessels.
The vessels included Ashura-class speedboats, Zolfaghar coastal patrol boats and Taregh submarines, state television reported.
“We announce today that wherever the Americans are, we are right next to them, and they will feel our presence even more in the near future,” the Guards’ navy chief Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said during a ceremony in southern Iran.
Iran and the United States have appeared to be on the brink of an all-out confrontation twice in the past year.
The latest confrontation between the arch-foes came after the United States accused the Guards of harassing its ships in the Gulf in mid-April.
“Advancing while remaining defensive is the nature of our work,” said Guards commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami.
“But this does not equal passivity against the enemy,” he added, noting that Iran “will not bow down to any foe.”
According to Salami, the Guards’ navy had been instructed to expand Iran’s naval power until it can adequately defend “territorial independence and integrity, protect naval interests and pursue and destroy the enemy.”
Decades-old acrimony between the two worsened in 2018 when US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from a deal that gave Iran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
Tensions escalated further in January when a US air strike killed Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian general who headed the Guards’ foreign arm, the Quds Force.(was 

[Pitcher]

Hey Iran, we are really worried.  Do your sailors know how to operate the new complex row boats?   Don’t rock the boat baby.

 

[nannab]

11 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Hey Iran, we are really worried.  Do your sailors know how to operate the new complex row boats?   Don’t rock the boat baby.

 

 

[gregp]

Ronald Reagan had it right. 

[Donziman]

Does Iran think there new toys are rocket proof? Our Navy and naval aircraft have more

firepower than the entire country. This is funny....ha  

 

[blueskyline]

So Iran was  kind enough to purchase some fast moving targets to keep are Navy sharp .

[Donziman]

Blueskyline.......That's truely funny...

[bkeiller]

These guys are a serious threat ...

[Karsten]

Well just maybe the Iranians need a little History Lesson and they really don't have to look for.....Anyone Remember those 2 Libyan Migs a few years ago........ It didn't fair so well for them back then..

 

http://fly.historicwings.com/2013/01/splash-two-migs/

 

What the hell Splash 2 Migs, Sink 10 ships.

 

Karsten

 

 

[horsesoldier]

When the tipping comes, to be sure, the US Navy will unleash ALL HELL on the Iranian " Navy " sending the lot to a watery grave.

 

THEN . . . National Geographic will air a special series of " Drain the Oceans " episodes on the wreckage, showing just exactly how the US Navy decimated the Iranian " Navy " during the EPIC 5 1/2 hrs. Great Persian Gulf Turkey Shoot.  (  ). That's gotta hurt ! 

[new york kevin]

Our thoughtful President already gave Naval Commanders situational authorization to sink and defend against any harassing Iranian vessels while in international waters. It would be wild if we did sink all 110 new Iranian vessels in short order. Who did they get them from, Russia ? China ? 

Edited May 30, 2020 by new york kevin