...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
says Thursday it "forced" a US submarine to surface as it was crossing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, a claim the Americans promptly deny.
Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of Iran’s navy, tells state TV the USS Florida nuclear submarine was "approaching and passing in complete silence" when it partly entered Iranian waters.
An Iranian submarine then forced it to "surface and cross the strait," he says, adding that Tehran would raise the matter with "international authorities."
In a Twitter statement, the US Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet says the claim is "absolutely false" and "represents more Iranian disinformation."
The "US 5th Fleet continues to operate wherever international law allows," it adds.