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IRGC chief says Iran stuck 14 Israeli-linked vessels

MajorGeneralHosseinSalami,thecommanderoftheIslamicRevolutionGuardCorps(IRGC),hasannouncedthatIraniannavalforceshaveconductedoveradozenoperationstargetingvesselslinkedtoIsrael.ThisactionwasinresponsetoattacksontankerscarryingIranianoilininternationalwaters,leadingtocallsfromtheopposingsideforanendtothemaritimeconfrontations.

MajorGeneralSalamisaidonSaturdayduringameetingbetweenPresidentMasoudPezeshkianandthecommandersoftheKhatamal-AnbiyaConstructionHeadquartersoftheIRGC,thatpriortothis,theZionistregimehadmysteriouslytargeted14IranianshipsintheRedSeaandtheMediterraneaninanattempttohaltIran’soilexports.

TheCommanderoftheIRGCaddedthatfollowingBritain’sseizureofanIranianoiltankerinGibraltar,Iranalsotookcontrolofthe“StenaImpero”ship,whichledthemtosurrender,andweexchangedourships.ThesamesituationoccurredwiththeseizureoftwoIranianshipsinGreece,whereIrantookreciprocalactionandforcedthemtosurrender.

HealsoreferredtotheIRGC’sdeterrentoperationsagainstenemies,emphasizingthatwemanagedtoshootdownanadvancedAmericandrone.

DespitetheseverecrisesfollowingthemartyrdomofGeneralQassemSoleimani,theformercommanderoftheIRGCQudsForce,thedowningoftheUkrainianplaneoverTehran’sskies,theCOVID-19pandemic,andtheenemies’harshsanctions,westoodfirmagainsteffortstopoliticallyisolateIran.

MajorGeneralSalamialsopointedtothefailureofAmericanforces,backedbyawarship,intheirattempttoseizeanIranianshipintheregion,aswellastheirunsuccessfulattempttocapturetwoIranianoiltankersenroutetoVenezuela.HestatedthatthesafestshippinglinesinallseasnowbelongtoshipsflyingtheIranianflag.

TheIRGCcommanderalsoaddressedthephenomenonofTakfiriterrorism,creditingitscontainmentasoneoftheIRGC’soperationsbeyondIran’sborders.

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