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Are Iranian Warships Headed near Texas and Florida?

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JERUSALEM, Israel – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instructed senior naval commanders to continue their military advances in international waters, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported.

"The Navy is in the frontline of defending the country with important regions, such as Makran, the Sea of Oman and the international waters, in front of it; presence in free waters should continue similar to the past," he said, according to the report.

"A good growth and move has started in the navy and today, the navy is more advanced and capable compared with 20 years ago, but this level of advance is not convincing and a high-speed move should be pursued with determination, high morale, lots of efforts, innovation and action," Khamenei reportedly said.

In related news, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, the new commander of the Iranian navy, said despite U.S. objections, Iran will dispatch a fleet of warships to Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico. That would potentially put Iranian naval vessels in range of states such as Florida and Texas.

"We are not faced with any restriction for deploying in the seas and anywhere we feel that we have interests to develop ties… we will certainly deploy there and we enjoy this power too," Khanzadi said, according to Iranian media.

"We will berth in the friendly states in Latin America and the Gulf of Mexico in the near future by deployment in the Atlantic Ocean. The Americans had somewhere said that the Iranians cannot sail 9,000 miles from Bandar Abbas to the Gulf of Mexico, given their capabilities, but we will certainly prove them this capability and will contact our friends [in Latin America]," Khanzadi added.

 

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