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(CNN) -- Iran plans to send ships near the Atlantic coast of the United
States, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday, quoting a
commander.
"The Navy of the Iranian Army will have a powerful presence near the United
States borders," read the headline of the story, in Farsi.
"Commander of the Navy of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran broke the
news about the plans for the presence of this force in the Atlantic Ocean
and said that the same way that the world arrogant power is present near our
marine borders, we, with the help of our sailors who follow the concept of
the supreme jurisprudence, shall also establish a powerful presence near the
marine borders of the United States," the story said. The reference to the
"world arrogant power" was presumably intended to refer to the United States.
IRNA cited the force's website as saying that the announcement was made by
Adm. Habibollah Sayari on the 31st anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war.
State-run Press TV said Sayari had announced similar plans in July. In
February, two Iranian Navy ships traversed the Suez Canal in the first such
voyages by Iranian ships since 1979.
U.S. Defense Department officials had no immediate reaction to Tuesday's
announcement. The United States has deployed fleets to the Persian Gulf in
the past.
State-run Press TV, citing IRNA, said Tuesday's announcement came as Iran
also plans to send its 16th fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect
Iranian vessels and oil tankers from pirates, who have hijacked dozens of
ships and exchanged their crews for ransom.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly assured that its military might poses no
threat to other countries, stating that Tehran's defense doctrine is based
only on deterrence, Press TV reported in a story in July about the
deployment of submarines to international waters.
CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report | y***e
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