Iran warships flex mucles

Published: 4/02/2012 at 09:17 PM
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Iranian naval ships docked on Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on a mission to project the Islamic republic's ``power on the open seas,'' the Fars news agency reported.

The supply ship Kharg and Shaid Qandi, a destroyer, docked in the Red Sea port in line with orders from Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it quoted navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari as saying.

``This mission aims to show the power of the Islamic republic of Iran on the open seas and to confront Iranophobia,'' he said, adding that the mission started several days ago and would last 70 to 80 days.

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Discussion 1 : 05/02/2012 at 11:37 AM1
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A supply ship and a destroyer?????????

Those are totally insignificant escorts of real ships.

If Iran wants to close the straights, they can. They simply have to say they will sink tankers in that area and the insurance companies will declare that they won't insure ships near there and that will make sure that no ships sail near there.

What happens soon after that will be a different story.
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