WASHINGTON The United States, in what was seen as a gesture to Iran, has kept its aircraft carrier group out of the Gulf.
U.S. Navy records showed that the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier group was kept away from the Gulf for most of the last six months.
The aircraft carrier has been the only one assigned by the United States in the Gulf ...
This past Monday morning, as I walked out of class and waited in the bitter cold for the train back to Brooklyn, I received a call from a news channel. Have you heard, they asked me, that Iranian warships are headed towards Americas maritime boundaries? What Id heard, though, was Twitter chatter, none of which I could follow up onI had to teach. The ...
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Tehran announcedFeb. 8that it had dispatched a frigate and a supply ship to the North Atlantic Ocean, where they will approach U.S. maritime borders.This is not the first time the Iranians have announced their intent to deploy naval vessels close to the United States. Iran made two such declarations in 2011 but never followed through.
However,...
(CNN)-- Iran is lauding the successful test-firing of new missiles, including one designed to destroy "all types of enemy military equipment," state media said.
U.S. officials say they're paying close attention.
The Iranian Defense Ministry said the new missiles include a laser-guided surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile as well as a new ...
Iranian warships sailing toward U.S. borders would wind up in troubled waters if the U.S. Navy returns the threatening gestures it receives from Iran in the Persian Gulf, naval security experts say.
"When they cross into the North Atlantic, we'll start the harassment," says Chris Harmer, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War who worked ...
Israel on Sunday denounced an Iranian announcement that it was sending naval ships towards the United States as further evidence that loosening sanctions on Tehran was counterproductive.
The move to send warships to the Atlantic was announced by the commander of Iran's northern naval fleet on Saturday, who described it as a "message."
The ships ...
The US does not believe Iran's claims about sending its ships to the US coast, and consequently feels no concern in this connection. A Pentagon employee who asked not to mention his name or position in the press told ITAR-TASS that, according to their sources, such statements made by Iranian state officials are not to be trusted.
He was asked if ...
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian Navy commanders announced on Saturday that the country has sent several fleets of warships to the US maritime borders.
"The Iranian Army's naval fleets have already started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via the waters near South Africa," Commander of Iran's Northern Navy Fleet Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad ...