U.S. officials said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent boats to approach the USS New Orleans and USS Stout as Gen. Votel rode aboard the New Orleans. PHOTO: US NAVY/REUTERS
Times of Israel: Iran general says it has ‘secret weapons’ to destroy American Naval forces
But second general says ‘rational American commanders’ will prevent war; FM Zarif calls Trump’s dispatch of 1,500 troops a threat to world stability.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday a US decision to deploy 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East was “a threat to global peace and stability.”
“Increased US presence in our region is very dangerous and a threat to global peace and stability and must be confronted,” Zarif told the official IRNA news agency before heading home from a visit to Pakistan.
Washington says the reinforcements, which come after the deployment earlier this month of an aircraft carrier task force, B-52 bombers, an amphibious assault ship and a missile defense system, are in response to a “campaign” of recent attacks approved by Iran’s top leadership.
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WNU Editor: Iran is gong to need more than just "secret weapons" to destroy the U.S. Navy.