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Wed, 05/12/2010 - 11:58
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Iran challenging U.S. in all international arenas
BANDAR ABBAS, Iran, May 12 (MNA) – Iran has been challenging the U.S. in all political, military, scientific, and other arenas, Iranian Armed Forces Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi said on Tuesday.
“We have been able to challenge the U.S. not only in the sea but also in all international arenas,” Salehi said on the sidelines of the eight-day Velayat-89 maneuver started on May 5, covering a span of about 250,000 square kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz to the northern Indian Ocean.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week Iran was challenging U.S. naval power in the Middle East with an array of offensive and defensive weapons.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Salehi said, “Simultaneously the Navy is protecting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests in Somalia’s coasts and the Gulf of Aden and by (participating in) real battles, (the Navy) is showing its capability and power to those aggressors that intend to attack Iranian ships.”
Salehi also said a foreign trade vessel, which was sailing in the Sea of Oman and away from Iran’s coastal waters on Monday night, caught fire and its passengers and crewmembers were lifted to Bandar Abbas by Iranian rescue helicopters.
The top commander added that Iran is powerfully guarding its territorial integrity.
“It has past the epoch when America would change the regime in a country by just dispatching a warship,” he added.
U.S. plane warned away when approaching Iran’s war games
Salehi said the military warned off U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, which was trying to approach naval maneuvers by Iranian troops on Monday.
“A U.S. reconnaissance aircraft which had intended to approach the area of war games and (military) operations left the area ...upon the timely warning of the air defense forces,” he stated.
“We have been able to challenge the U.S. not only in the sea but also in all international arenas,” Salehi said on the sidelines of the eight-day Velayat-89 maneuver started on May 5, covering a span of about 250,000 square kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz to the northern Indian Ocean.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week Iran was challenging U.S. naval power in the Middle East with an array of offensive and defensive weapons.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Salehi said, “Simultaneously the Navy is protecting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests in Somalia’s coasts and the Gulf of Aden and by (participating in) real battles, (the Navy) is showing its capability and power to those aggressors that intend to attack Iranian ships.”
Salehi also said a foreign trade vessel, which was sailing in the Sea of Oman and away from Iran’s coastal waters on Monday night, caught fire and its passengers and crewmembers were lifted to Bandar Abbas by Iranian rescue helicopters.
The top commander added that Iran is powerfully guarding its territorial integrity.
“It has past the epoch when America would change the regime in a country by just dispatching a warship,” he added.
U.S. plane warned away when approaching Iran’s war games
Salehi said the military warned off U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, which was trying to approach naval maneuvers by Iranian troops on Monday.
“A U.S. reconnaissance aircraft which had intended to approach the area of war games and (military) operations left the area ...upon the timely warning of the air defense forces,” he stated.
