Published January 06,2024
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The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed on Saturday to achieve “the enemy” far and close to as tensions soar on key transport routes the place Tehran’s allies have been attacking vessels.
“Today, we are facing an all-out battle with the enemy,” mentioned Guards commander Hossein Salami at a ceremony within the southern Gulf port metropolis of Bandar Abbas, the place the Guards’ navy unveiled a brand new ship named “Abu Mahdi” and 100 missile launchers.
Salami didn’t title the enemy, however 22 nations have agreed to take part in a U.S.-led coalition to safeguard industrial visitors within the Red Sea from assaults by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi motion.
The Houthi assaults since November are a present of assist for the Palestinian group Hamas in its struggle with Israel.
In response, many main transport firms have switched to the longer and extra expensive route across the Africa’s Cape of Good Hope relatively than cross by way of the Suez Canal, which handles about 12% of world commerce.
“We need to defend our national interests to wherever they extend,” Salami mentioned in a televised speech. “It will be harmful for the enemy to be found near and at a half distant. They should stay away from this area.”
The Guards’ navy, he mentioned, had made a “brilliant leap in its offensive and defensive powers” to problem the world’s naval powers.
According to Iranian media, Iran’s Alborz warship entered the Red Sea earlier this month to safe transport routes.
Source: www.anews.com.tr