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Tehran to send fleet to West Atlantic, says Iranian rear admiral
Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 15:14
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Sayyari said that in a “recent program on CNN,” US officials had tried to portray the Iranian Navy as weak and unable to operate over large distances.
“[In a program aired] on CNN, they [the Americans] drew a line from Bandar Abbas [an Iranian seaport] to the Atlantic and said Iran is by no means is capable of entering the ocean and passing through it,” he added. “But we arrived in the Atlantic, and we will go to the west of the ocean in the near future.”
Sayyari had said earlier said that the redeployment of Iranian Navy forces to the Atlantic was one of his priorities.
“Redeployment in the Atlantic Ocean, intelligence superiority, development of communications, progress in the development of the Makran coast and building new vessels are among the navy's plans this year,” Fars quoted Sayyari as saying in April.
The Iranian Navy is involved in operations around the world to secure naval routes and protect merchant vessels and oil shipments. Since 2008, Iranian warships have been conducting patrols of the Gulf of Aden, between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to guard against Somali pirates, which have been renewing their raids on merchant vessels in the area since the onset of the Yemeni civil war.
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Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 15:14
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Iranian navy warship © Reuters / Reuters

Sayyari said that in a “recent program on CNN,” US officials had tried to portray the Iranian Navy as weak and unable to operate over large distances.
“[In a program aired] on CNN, they [the Americans] drew a line from Bandar Abbas [an Iranian seaport] to the Atlantic and said Iran is by no means is capable of entering the ocean and passing through it,” he added. “But we arrived in the Atlantic, and we will go to the west of the ocean in the near future.”
Sayyari had said earlier said that the redeployment of Iranian Navy forces to the Atlantic was one of his priorities.
“Redeployment in the Atlantic Ocean, intelligence superiority, development of communications, progress in the development of the Makran coast and building new vessels are among the navy's plans this year,” Fars quoted Sayyari as saying in April.
The Iranian Navy is involved in operations around the world to secure naval routes and protect merchant vessels and oil shipments. Since 2008, Iranian warships have been conducting patrols of the Gulf of Aden, between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to guard against Somali pirates, which have been renewing their raids on merchant vessels in the area since the onset of the Yemeni civil war.
Source Russia Today
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