Iranian Regime Is The 'Spiritual Father Of Terrorism': Iran Deploying Warships To Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
01 December 2017Al Arabiya And Adam
Kredo, The Washington Free Beacon
The Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Awwad al-Awwad has expressed the
kingdom's support of Egypt against the terrorists behind the el-Arish mosque
massacre.
The death toll in the Friday militant attack rose to 305 including 27
children, while at least 128 people were injured in the attack.
Awwad stressed that Egypt will remain resistant to attempts aiming to harm
security and stability. He also said that fighting terrorism needs to be a
joint effort and across different tracks including media-combat to terrorist
discourse.
The Saudi minister made his statements during a meeting on Tuesday for the
Executive Office of Arab Ministers in Cairo.
In his speech at the meeting, Awwad said: "Islam's dialect has moved from
individuals to countries and leading it is Iran. The Iranian regime is the
first supporter, the founder and the spiritual father to terrorism."
"The Iranian regime has transformed terrorism from an individual act and
developed it to become an institutional one supported militarily, financially
and has the support of the media," he added.
Awwad also said that the aim behind Iranian practices in the region is to have
political authority over Arab countries.
The minister also called for the need to prevent sponsorship of terrorist
groups, manufacturing their symbols and portraying them as civic groups
demanding social and political rights.
He stressed that "we must be united to stop the attempts of some media
platforms calling for hatred and extremism and support terrorism."
Iran Deploying Warships to Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
By Adam Kredo, The Washington Free Beacon
Iranian military leaders announced on Tuesday the country will send a fleet of
warships into the Atlantic Ocean en route to the Gulf of Mexico, where the
Islamic Republic aims to solidify ties with several Latin American states,
according to the commander of Iran's navy.
Following orders from Iran's supreme leader, the newly installed commander of
its navy, Rear Adm. Hossein Khanzadi, announced a fleet of Iranian warships
would soon be making their way into the Atlantic Ocean, despite what Iran
claims is opposition by U.S. officials.
As Iran continues to deploy military assets to Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and
other Middle Eastern hotspots, its navy is placing a renewed focus on
displaying force in international waters, according to the military leaders.
The latest military displays follow a series of provocative moves by Tehran
aimed at rattling U.S. officials in the Trump administration, which has
increasingly sought to confront Iran's regional intransigence. Any Iranian
presence in the Atlantic Ocean is certain to put U.S. military leaders in
edge, according to experts who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.
The Iranian war fleet 'will berth in the friendly states in Latin America and
the Gulf of Mexico in the near future by deployment in the Atlantic Ocean,'
according to Iranian Navy Cmdr. Khanzadi.
Iran intends to show greater force in international waters and is working to
solidify ties with allies in Latin America, according to Khanzadi, who was
quoted in Iran's state-controlled press organs.
The effort to send warships to the Atlantic Ocean is meant to send a message
to the Trump administration, the commander said.
'The Americans had somewhere said that the Iranians cannot sail 9,000 miles
from Bandar Abbas to the Gulf of Mexico, given their capabilities, but we will
certainly prove them this capability and will contact our friends [in Latin
America],' Khanzadi was quoted as saying.
'We are not faced with any restriction for deploying in the seas, and anywhere
we feel that we have interests to develop ties,' according to Khanzadi. 'We
will certainly deploy there and we enjoy this power too.'
A State Department official declined to comment on Iran's latest military
announcement.
Iranian efforts to sail its warships into the Atlantic Ocean coincide with a
call by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to boost the Iranian military
presence in international waters.
'The navy is in the frontline of defending the country with important regions,
such as Makran, the Sea of Oman, and the international waters, in front of
it,' Khamenei said in Tuesday remarks celebrating Iran's Navy Day.
'Presence in free waters should continue similar to the past,' Khamenei added
ahead of a meeting with Iranian military leaders.
Khamenei further disclosed that Iran is working to produce more advanced
military equipment.
'The navy is more advanced and capable compared with 20 years ago but this
level of advance is not convincing and a high-speed move should be pursued
with determination, high morale, lots of efforts, innovation, and action,' he
was quoted as saying.
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