[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="180"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption]
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian commander reiterated the Navy’s constant watch on the movements made by the trans-regional states' fleets of warships in the regional waters, specially in the Persian Gulf.


“The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has created sustainable security in the Persian Gulf and it monitors enemy’s moves in the Persian Gulf day and night,” Commander of Abu Moussa Island’s Rangers and Marines Brigade General Sadeq Amouyee told FNA on Saturday.

He noted that sustainable security in the Persian Gulf serves the interests of all nations which want to voyage through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Amouyee said that the number of the trans-regional forces in the Persian Gulf has decreased in the past year, and said, “The enemy can no more attain its preplanned goals.”

The IRGC was appointed to defend the Persian Gulf security in 2008. The Iranian army has been tasked with controlling the Sea of Oman and the Caspian Sea, while the full responsibility for defending the Persian Gulf security has been entrusted to the IRGC.

The Iranian Army Navy and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy have tight cooperation in controlling the country's waterways and protecting Iran's interests inside territorial waters and in the high seas.

Iran's naval power has even been acknowledged even by the foes. In a Sep. 11, 2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy said that in the two decades since the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the Islamic Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces.

According to the report, Iran's Navy has been transformed into a highly motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in control of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.

By Fars News Agency

 

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