Iran sends warships to Gulf of Mexico

[Swordsmyth]

Iranian warships are set to leave the waters of the Persian Gulf to sail across the world and tour another gulf—the one that lies between the U.S. and Mexico.
At a time when Iran is looking to expand and modernize its military in the face of what is seen as a growing U.S. threat, its newly appointed navy commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, held his first press conference Wednesday, announcing that a fleet of Iranian ships would soon depart for the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico en route to visits to a number of South American countries, Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency reported. The move is reportedly part of a push to project Iran’s military on a more global scale and establish international ties as President Donald Trump and his allies, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, seek to isolate the revolutionary Shiite Muslim power.

More at: http://www.newsweek.com/new-cold-war...-mexico-720293

[XNavyNuke]

Good for them. Venezuela can use all the propping up it can get and real sailors need to learn what a blue water transit around the Cape of Good Hope and across the South Atlantic is like. Hint: It bears no resemblance to the bathtubs known as the Persian Gulf and Northern Arabian Sea.

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