US Reacts to Konarak Incident

reporter 1222 — Thu, 14 May 2020 12:18:50 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has reacted to the incident for an Iranian naval vessel, Konarak, in southern waters, which lead to the martyrdom and wounding of a number of Iranian sailors.

Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for the US Central Command, offered condolences on Thursday to Iran over a friendly fire incident during a military exercise that led to the martyrdom and wounding of a number of its troops.

In a statement, Urban said, “Our sincere condolences to the Iranian people for the tragic loss of life.”

However, he further criticized Iran’s military exercise in its own waters, near the Strait of Hormuz, without mentioning the American terrorists’ illegal presence in the region, thousands of kilometers from their borders.

His criticism comes while in a report in June 2019, the US Congress announced that more US troops die during training than in combat operation.

“Since 2006 … a total of 16,652 active-duty personnel and mobilized reservists have died while serving in the US armed forces. Seventy-three percent of these casualties occurred under circumstances unrelated to war,” the report states.

As many as 19 people were martyred and 15 others injured in an incident involving the Iranian Navy’s Konarak logistical vessel on Sunday, during a naval exercise near the waters lying close to Jask and Chabahar ports.

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Leader Orders Probe into Konarak Incident

reporter 1222 — Wed, 13 May 2020 07:07:44 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered the Iranian Army to launch an inquiry into the Konarak incident that happened in a recent naval training exercise and resulted in the martyrdom of 19 servicemen on board ‘Konarak’ support vessel in the Sea of Oman.

Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Tuesday sent a message of sympathy to Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi over the martyrdom of Navy forces in the fatal Konarak incident in the country’s southeastern waters.

The Leader said the tragic accident involving Konarak vessel that resulted in the martyrdom of a number of Navy servicemen has been “very bitter and regrettable”.

“Although the hardworking servicemen who have died in the course of hard duty will gloriously benefit from divine reward, God willing, the grief at the loss of the beloved ones for their families and the damage of loss of the sincere hardworking young forces to the Force (Navy) is so huge and heavy,” Ayatollah Khamenei underlined.

Offering condolences to the bereaved families of the victims of the accident and praying for the recovery of the injured, the Leader ordered the relevant authorities to “shed light on the dimensions of the incident, identify the ones possibly at fault, and make the necessary arrangements to prevent a recurrence of such damaging and bitter incidents.”

Nineteen Navy servicemen were martyred in the accident involving ‘Konarak’ light support vessel on Sunday evening, May 10, when a number of vessels were carrying a naval training exercise off the coasts of Jask and Chabahar.

Fifteen Navy forces were also wounded in the incident.

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