IRAN SAY THERE IS MORE THAN 90 ENEMY VESSELS IN THE GULF AIMED AT IRAN
JAN 19 2010
Iranian defense minister warns his country could strike back at war vessels deployed in Persian Gulf. 'The Westerners know well that existence of warships serves as best operational targets for Iran should they undertake military action,' Ahmad Vahidi says.
Iran's defense minister warned on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic could
strike back at Western warships in the Gulf if it were attacked over its
nuclear program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Ahmad Vahidi said there were now more than 90 war
vessels in the Gulf a waterway crucial for global oil supplies and that
they had created a "military environment" there.
They included submarines, aircraft carriers and destroyers, he said during a
conference in Tehran on the Gulf.
"What is the reason underlying the deployment of this many warships and what
aim are they pursuing ... are they arrayed against Iran?" Fars quoted Vahidi
as saying.
"The Westerners know well that the existence of these warships in the Persian
Gulf serve as the best operational targets for Iran if they should want to
undertake any military action against Iran," he said.
Iran has often warned it would retaliate for any attack on its nuclear
facilities, which the West suspects form part of a drive to develop bombs.
Tehran denies the charge.
Neither Israel nor the United States have ruled out military action if
diplomacy fails to resolve the long running row over Iran's disputed nuclear
ambitions.
"The Americans have made conflicting comments (on the possibility of an attack
on Iran)," the official IRNA news agency quoted Vahidi as saying.
Last month, Vahidi said Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons
manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacked the
Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.
Israel is believed to be the only nuclear-armed Middle East state. Iran has
often said it has missiles able to reach the Jewish state.
Iran, the world's fifth largest oil exporter, says its nuclear work is aimed
at generating electricity, not making bombs, but its failure to convince world
powers about the peaceful nature of its work has led to UN and US sanctions.
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