IRGC Commander: US Naval Buildup in Persian Gulf Aimed at Deceiving Regional States
TEHRAN (Basirat): Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said dispatch of aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf to allegedly protect the United States' allies in the region is a move by Washington to deceive the regional states.
"The presence of this fleet of warships is aimed at deceiving the regional
states and pretending that they establish security for these countries," General
Jafari said on Qeshm Island on Saturday on the sidelines of the IRGC wargames in
the Persian Gulf.
The claim that "deployment of the fleet is aimed at establishing security for
the regional states is kind of deception and we hope that these countries will
not be fooled by the enemy", he added.
A US aircraft carrier sailed into the Persian Gulf on Friday, becoming the first
since America’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and breaking the
longest carrier absence in the volatile region since at least the September 11
terrorist attacks.
The US military operates bases in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, as well as
a major Army base in Kuwait and its Navy base in Bahrain. The US has established
over 40 military bases in the region.
Commander of Iran's Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid
warned the regional states which host the trans-regional countries' military
personnel of costs they should pay for provoking acts.
"We try to have good and brotherly relations with all our neighbors because we
consider neighbors as (to be contributing to) our security but I, as the
commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters, warn from this scene and the ground
for the ongoing drills by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), that any
country which paves the ground for the arrogant powers' interferences in the
region, in the first stage, it will pay the most costs for its unfriendly and
provoking behaviors," General Rashid said on the sidelines of the IRGC wargames
in Qeshm Island and the Persian Gulf region on Saturday.
He underlined that the Iranian Armed Forces permanently monitored and assessed
enemies' moves in the region and were fully prepared to use their power to
confront any threats.
"Iran's defense power is always ready and growing to confront any provoking and
interfering acts in the region to defend the great causes and goals of the
Islamic Revolution and the national interests," General Rashid said
Source:Farsnews
