Iranian Website Gives Details of Iranian Navy's Route to U.S. Coast

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Iranian Website Gives Details of Iranian Navy's Route to U.S. Coast

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September 27, 2011, Iranian Army naval commander Habibollah Sayyari stated that Tehran would soon deploy its navy in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. Sayyari explained, "Like the arrogant powers [i.e., the U.S.] that are present near our marine borders, we will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine borders."

Already in mid-July 2011, Sayyari announced that Tehran was examining the possibility of dispatching a naval fleet to the Atlantic to be armed, he said, with "Nour" long-range anti-ship cruise missiles, as an extension of its presence in the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the southern Indian Ocean.

It should be emphasized that in early July 2011, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Ali Jafari, said in an interview with the Mehr news agency that the IRGC was prioritizing the strategy "of developing Iran's defensive capability on the open seas." He added that this meant that "if the enemy plans to pose a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran from outside the Strait of Hormuz, [Iran] is capable of taking reciprocal action," in addition to closing the strait.

It should be noted that the navy of the Iranian Army is in charge of engaging foreign forces, while the IRGC navy is charged with securing the Islamic regime at home. In February 2011, Tehran sent an Iranian Army naval force to Syria via the Suez Canal.


http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5701.htm

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Report: Iranian Warship Route to U.S. Coast Leaked Online

• Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:28am by Buck Sexton

Last week, an Iranian Naval Commander threatened to deploy ships off the U.S. coast as a provocative show of force.

Now it looks like Iran might actually be serious.

A new map that allegedly shows the expected path of the Iranian Naval expedition to the U.S has leaked online from an Iranian website, according to MEMRI.



The unprecedented route for the Islamic Republic would take Iranian ships through the Suez Canal and into the warm waters of the Caribbean, a total nautical distance of approximately 9000 miles. According to MEMRI, Iranian media sources claim:

“In this new and feasible mission, the ships of the navy of the Iranian Army will sail west, towards the Strait of Gibraltar, after they enter the Mediterranean. Subsequently, they will enter the Atlantic Ocean, and from there they must traverse the long distance to their destination off Cuba, in the Gulf of Mexico, and Central and South America.”

Iranian Naval chief Sayyari has previously threatened on Iranian state TV to send a fleet of warships into the Atlantic armed with “Nour” long-range anti-ship cruise missiles. The proposed Iranian flotilla would be an extension of Iran’s presence in the Mediterranean, the Persian Gulf, and the Indian Ocean.



Iranian warship crossing the Suez Canal



Iranian warships deployed close to the U.S. mainland would be a deliberate provocation. The warships could be viewed as additional leverage– alongside Iran’s threat to cut off oil supplies through the gulf of Hormuz– if Israel were to strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

MEMRI pulled a second map from the Iranian website that had no accompanying description, but showed a number of western countries in different colors, including the U.S., Cuba, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Brazil. See Below:

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Iranian regime has already established close ties to Venezuela and Cuba, but the inclusion of the other Central and South American countries remains unclear, according to MEMRI.

In addition, an unconfirmed report in an Italian newspaper in September claimed Hezbollah– a terrorist proxy of Iran– has opened up a base in Cuba. This allegation was repeated by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann just last week.

Whether Iran launches this aggressive naval action or not, the Ayatollahs are clearly looking for ways to agitate the United States and complicate international efforts to contain the number one global sponsor of terrorism.

You can read the full report and detailed analysis on the Iranian maps here.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/repo...leaked-online/