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Iran will respond strongly to any hostile action in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN (MNA) -- Iranian Navy commander Rear Admiral Abbas Mohtaj on Thursday dismissed a report that Israeli submarines had entered the Persian Gulf to attack the Bushehr nuclear power plant, asserting that Iran would deliver a strong response to any hostile action in the Persian Gulf. "Anyone who wishes to do an evil act in the Persian Gulf will receive a resolute and forceful response from us," the rear admiral told the Mehr News Agency. Mohtaj said reports that Israeli Dolphin submarines have entered the Persian Gulf to target the Bushehr power plant with harpoon missiles are part of the psychological warfare program being waged against Iran by the Zionist media. "Such a plan may have been tentatively proposed, but it would not be practicable in the operational stage. "Today, the Naval Forces have full control over all surface ships and submarines which enter the Persian Gulf waters." On the recent decision by the National Geographic Society to use an unacceptable name for the "Persian Gulf", he stated that the idea of changing the name of the Persian Gulf is also part of the psychological warfare program orchestrated by the U.S. that is meant to sow discord among Persian Gulf littoral states because there would be no room for the U.S. to rampage through the Persian Gulf if regional countries united. Mohtaj added that a new map has recently been published in Afghanistan claiming that some cities in northwestern Iran belong to Afghanistan.
Posted by: Steve 2005-01-07 |
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