World News Iran Warns U.S. Warship Out of Strait of Hormuz
Iran Warns U.S. Warship Out of Strait of Hormuz
Rlgrimes 01/28/2016
Iran Warns U.S. Warship Out of Strait of Hormuz Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched massive war games in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to the south of the country.
Reuters news agency is reporting that the Iranian navy has warned a U.S. warship to leave waters near the Strait of Hormuz where the Iranians were testing submarines, destroyers and missile launchers. The report says that the commander of Iran’s fleet, Rear-Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, told Tasnim news agency the U.S. ship was trying to collect information in the Sea of Oman – an area close to the Strait, a vital oil and gas shipping route – and said it left quickly after the alert.
There has been no comment on the story from the Pentagon either confirming the report of of denying it. Earlier this month the U.S. joined other world powers in lifting sanctions on the Islamic Republic after Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear program and ever since, Iran has been pushing the limits of accepted international conduct.
In the days before that deal, Iran briefly detained 10 U.S. sailors after their boats entered its waters because of what they said was a navigational error. But during the time the crews and boats were held captive, the navigational computers were confiscated by the Iranians so it is unknown if in fact the boats were in Iranian waters.
“It was predictable that the U.S. warship would approach the area to collect information on (our) military operations. So we warned them twice in the morning … to keep their distance from the exercise area and keep clear of our missile range for their own safety,” Sayyari was quoted as saying by Tasnim.
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In addition, he said Iran had acted in line with the international convention that a country should clear out all other military and trade ships from an area before starting any exercise. “The maneuver aims to show Iranian forces’ strength both in ensuring security on the seas and in defending the country’s sea borders in Hormuz Strait, Sea of Oman and north of the Indian Ocean,” Sayyari was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that Iran had given warnings to other Western ships on Tuesday, and they had all left the area.
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