Reuters - Iran will destroy U.S. warships if Tehrans security is threatened in the Gulf, head of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami told state TV on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran over harassment of U.S. ships. I have ordered our naval forces to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf ...

MNA Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said that the presence of the US warships in the region not only undermines the security of the regional countries, but also poses environmental problems to the waters. Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri made the remarks on Thursday night in Jahrom, Fars province. Forces ...

Tehran, Oct 20, IRNA Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi has strongly refused any possible role of Iran in attacking the US warships in the Red Sea. Qasemi made the remarks in response to the unfounded allegations by a US army general who said Iran may have played a role in recent missile attacks against the US warships in the Red ...

(CNN)Two missiles targeted a US warship off the coast of Yemen on Sunday but missed the vessel, hitting the water instead, a Pentagon spokesman says. The missiles were fired at the USS Mason from Houthi-controlled territory in war torn Yemen, Capt. Jeff Davis said. The US ship, a guided-missile destroyer,deployed "onboard defensive measures" and was ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Lieutenant commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy played down reports that the IRGC boats in the Strait of Hormuz have maneuvered dangerously close to a US military vessel, saying the patrol boats are always in the region as part of routine operations. Following reports by an American reporter aboard the USS New Orleans ...

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said Americans are certain that their carriers will be overwhelmed upon making even a single slip. Commander of the IRGC (the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) Navy Ali Fadavi, who was speaking in a program of IRIB on Monday evening, said the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz are the most strategic ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian naval forces engaged in a war game in the countrys southeastern waters shooed away a US warship and a fighter jet that had been approaching the drill zone. The situation became normal on Wednesday after the US forces were given a warning and left the zone immediately. Navy commanders told Tasnim that the American warship ...

The Iranian foreign minister spoke to his US counterpart John Kerry and asked for an apology for violating Irans sovereignty by a US warship, the Azad News Agency reported. MOSCOW (Sputnik) Tehran demanded an apology fromWashington foran alleged "violation" ofthe Iranian territorial waters bya US warship, local media reported Wednesday. Iran ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said the US warships deployed in the Persian Gulf are deeply afraid of the destruction power of Iran's speed boats. "The US which has entered the Persian Gulf with all its military power obeys the rule of the Iranian speed boats," Fadavi said in the ...

Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner has defended the deployment of American warships near Yemen due to the situation in the country. During a press conference on Wednesday, Boehner said the United States should assist its allies in the region. I think having our ships in place is the right thing to do. Hopefully, their involvement ...

A number of media outlets, including Fox News, are reporting that tensions in the Middle East have abruptly escalated with word that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has just been dispatched to the waters off Yemen. According to a developing story on the Fox News website, the warship nicknamed The Big Stick will join other American ships ...

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[caption id="attachment_100681" align="alignright" width="172"] The Bush carrier along with a battle group of ships are "in the region and ready for tasking", Pentagon said.[/caption] The Pentagon says the US aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush and more than 50 attack aircraft are in the Persian Gulf, ready to launch attacks against Takfiri militants ...