IRGC monitoring all foreign vessels in Persian Gulf
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Tue / 12 July 2016 / 14:33
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Deputy Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri said all foreign vessels in Persian Gulf are being monitored by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.
He made the remarks after some foreign media claimed that the IRGC has dispatched five military vessels to watch a US flotilla in the Strait of Hormuz, southern Iran.
Watching foreign vessels in mission points of the Navy is not a new issue and it was, is and would be conducted continuously, Tangsiri said.
He said, "We, based on the missions, are closely monitoring movements of any foreign vessel, especially, those belonging to cross-regional countries and particularly the Great Satan, the US."
He also said that the issue has been continuing for many years, adding what has been mentioned in foreign media is due to wrong understanding of the issue and is quite irrelevant.
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