If Iran does something it will ‘bravely’ announce it, military chief says in response to accusations of oil tanker incidents

reporter 1222 — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:30:54 +0000

On Thursday, two tankers — one carrying oil and the other transporting chemicals — were attacked near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. Roughly 30% of the world’s sea-borne crude oil passes through the strategic choke point.

Talking with Fox News on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed it is “unmistakable” that Iran carried out the attacks with a “clear intent to deny transit through the Strait”. Pompeo made such a claim on Thursday.

Iran has vehemently rejected the claim, calling it “ridiculous” and “dangerous”.

“If the Islamic Republic of Iran has any will to block the export of oil from the Persian Gulf it will fully realize that will and declare that openly,” Major General Bagheri told a ceremony at Imam Hussein University in Tehran.

The top military commander went on to say if there would be a need Iran will enter war with the enemies including the United States “openly”.

“In case of need we will openly confront the enemies including America in the region.”

In that case the armed forces will fight “in a very large area”, he added.

Bagheri said today Iran is facing “unprincipled”, “untruthful” and “deceitful” enemies like the United States which on the one hand is pressuring on Iran and on the other is speaking about negotiations.

The top general said powerful Iran will see no need to act “secretly or deceitfully”, adding a country behaves like this which is militarily powerless.

“Today, with the grace of God the Islamic Iran is at height of its power.”

“Iran facing a new Saddam Hussein”

Bagheri likened U.S. President Donald Trump to the ruthless Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein whose regime attacked Iranian cities with missiles and chemical weapons in the 1980s and at the same talked about “peace”.

“Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a new Saddam with the name of Saddam that through complicated economic war and psychological warfare” is putting an unprecedented pressure on Iran, the general remarked.

“Iran choosing resistance in face of war or negotiations”

These pressures, he said, are intended to put Iran to choose between “war” or “negotiations” but Iran “has chosen the alternative of resistance and revolutionary defense”.

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Iran seeking to co-produce defense equipment with Pakistan: Army chief of staff

reporter 1222 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:00:53 +0000

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on a visit to Pakistan today that Iran is trying to jointly manufacture defense equipment with the neighboring country.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri met with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on the second day of his visit to the neighboring country on Tuesday morning.

In the meeting that took place at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, the two sides hailed ample common backgrounds and the nearly 1,000 km long shared border between Iran and Pakistan and emphasized strengthening bilateral cooperation in different fields.

Referring to the topics that are going to be discussed between Iranian and Pakistani official during the visit, the Chief of the General Staff Iran’s Armed Forces said that a variety of military and defense issues such as military training, military aviation training as well as other areas of training, holding joint military drills and relations between two countries’ defense industries are being and will be discussed during the meetings.

Bagheri said that manufacturing defense products jointly with Pakistan as products of Islamic countries is also on the agenda.

The Iranian military official also met with Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, commander of the Pakistani navy, during which the two sides emphasized the expansion of maritime cooperation between Iran and Pakistan and holding joint naval exercises between the two countries.

The Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, who is in Pakistan at the invitation of the Pakistani army commander, also met with General Qamar Javed Bajawa, Pakistani Army Commander, as well as General Zubair Mahmoud Hayat, Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army.

Bagheri also met with Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Pakistani Foreign Ministry complex, during which the two sides emphasized the development of border relations and cooperation on the fight against terrorism.

The meeting between the Major General Bagheri and Pakistani military officials have largely focused on the fight against terrorism as well as increasing bilateral cooperation on shared border relations.

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