Friday, May 17, 2019

Iran Threatens To Hit U.S. Navy Ships With Missiles And To Target World Energy Supplies

Iran has missile capabilities to strike Israel and they claimed today, US warships in the Persian Gulf. Over the last decade they have expanded their 'axis of resistance' in the Middle East

The Guardian: US-Iran conflict would hit energy supplies, says Iranian general

Gen Saleh Jokar also says Iran’s missiles could easily reach US warships in Gulf.

Iranian missiles could easily hit US ships in the Gulf, and any conflict would threaten global energy supplies, a senior Iranian military official has said.

As tensions simmered on Friday, Tehran blamed the US for an escalating regional crisis that western intelligence officials fear could lead to open conflict.

“If a war happens, the world’s energy supply will suffer,” Gen Saleh Jokar, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards, said on Friday. He added: “Iran’s short-range missiles can easily reach present [US] warships in the Persian Gulf.”

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Update #1: Defiant Iran says it can 'easily' hit U.S. ships, works to counter sanctions (Reuters)
Update #2: U.S. aircraft carrier strike group arrives in the Middle East two weeks early but Iran says its missiles can 'easily' hit it as Trump calls report that he wants to avoid war 'fake news' (but hopes it confuses Tehran) (Daily Mail)

WNU Editor: Iran is also threatening to use their militias in the region .... Iran mobilises Axis of Resistance: Top general tells thousands of battle-hardened jihadists funded by Iran to stand ready to wage war across the Middle East if conflict with US erupts (Daily Mail)

5 comments:

Roger Smith said...


They are feeling the squeeze and responding.

Anonymous said...

No, not really

Anonymous said...

2:44

The Mullahs and the IRGC? Yes, we are itching.

Anonymous said...

Iran issues almost as many threats each week as Trump dumps lies each days

Bob Huntley said...

As Stephen Colbert said, "Trump wears a Lie-bit that reminds him he still needs X more lies to keep up his quota."