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New Cold War? Iran Sends Warships to Gulf of Mexico
2017-11-23
NewsWEAK hyperventilating, and of course, it's Trump's fault. Of course. Anybody got a dollar to throw away on a hack "Journolism" company. Note they haven't left the Persian Gulf yet and may never...but Trump!
Iranian warships are set to leave the waters of the Persian Gulf to sail across the world and tour another gulf‐the one that lies between the U.S. and Mexico.

At a time when Iran is looking to expand and modernize its military in the face of what is seen as a growing U.S. threat, its newly appointed navy commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, held his first press conference Wednesday, announcing that a fleet of Iranian ships would soon depart for the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico en route to visits to a number of South American countries, Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency reported. The move is reportedly part of a push to project Iran’s military on a more global scale and establish international ties as President Donald Trump and his allies, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, seek to isolate the revolutionary Shiite Muslim power.

"Sailing in open waters between Europe and Americas should be the navy's goal, which will be realized in the near future," Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, who served as navy chief for 10 years before being assigned by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to deputy coordinator of the army
Yeah, them open waters. Anything could happen. Anything
Posted by:Frank G

#12  Mullahs: "Allah will provide"
Iranian navy: "Whut??"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-11-23 22:55  

#11  Iran doesn't have a Blue Water Navy, their ships don't have the legs to get here and they don't have the oilers or supply ships to resupply at sea.
Posted by: Betty Hatfield5124   2017-11-23 21:20  

#10  I don't think that either the subs or the missiles are nukes.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-11-23 20:41  

#9  Did they buy these from the Germans?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-11-23 20:28  

#8  Woodrow,
Hard to hide those fast neutron emissions ...
Posted by: Clong Glilet2602   2017-11-23 19:56  

#7  Iran had plans to arm some ships with hidden ballistic missiles. To me the Gulf presence is very troubling,
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-11-23 16:53  

#6  Great! We won't have to go so far to sink them.
Posted by: gorb   2017-11-23 14:23  

#5  A lot can happen during those Atlantic crossings.... just saying...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-11-23 13:49  

#4  What's the Farsi for UNREP?
Posted by: Matt   2017-11-23 12:02  

#3  ...Hahahahahahahahahahahah, no. They've promised to send ships to US waters on several occasions and the sad truth is they can't really make it out of the PG or the IO coastal waters.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-11-23 09:30  

#2  NewsWEAK hyperventilating

Of course it makes their panties moist. Imagine the disappointment and anger if an Iranian boat got to the Gulf of Mexico and the US Coast Guard was sent out to deal with it by dropping slops from a helicopter.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-11-23 08:37  

#1  But will the tug boats make it?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-11-23 08:29  

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