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 by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) May 28, 2020
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned the United 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 Major General 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 programme. 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.
U.S., Saudi forces conduct training on, around Karan, Kurayn islands Washington DC (UPI) May 26, 2020 U.S. and Saudi forces are conducting joint training exercises on and around the Karan and Kurayn islands in Saudi Arabia this week, according to the Pentagon. The training, which began Sunday and is slated to last through Saturday, follows a similar, shorter training conducted at the end of April, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced on Monday. According to the DoD, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Task Force 52 and 56, along with with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are cond ... read more
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