29 Mar 2024
Thursday 27 April 2017 - 14:58
Story Code : 258703

Iranian FM raps US Navys presence in Persian Gulf



IFP- Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a sarcastic message questioned the US Navys presence in the Persian Gulf, 7,500 miles away from the US territory.





Breaking: Our Navy operates in yes, correct the Persian Gulf, not the Gulf of Mexico, Irans top diplomat said in a recent tweet on Wednesday.

twitter zarif[The] Question is what [the] US Navy [is] doing 7,500 miles from home, he added, criticizing the US Navys presence in the Persian Gulf.

His remarks came after reports of a close encounter between an Iranian vessel and the US warship USS Mahan in the Persian Gulf.

US officials claimed that the Iranian vessel has come within just 1,000 yards of the USS Mahan in the Persian Gulf on Monday.

The US officials said the Iranian fast-attack craft had its weapons manned, to which the USS Mahan responded by manning its own weapons, sounding the danger signal, firing a flare and altering course to avoid the oncoming Iranian ship.


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