(Giampiero Venturi)
08/10/16

http://www.difesaonline.it/geopolitica/brevi-estero/liran-avverte-larabia-saudita-ogni-violazione-delle-acque-territoriali-sar%C3%A0

The Corps of the Guardians of the Revolution (best known as the Pasdaran) has issued an official warning to all vessels sailing in the Persian Gulf, warning of overruns inside Iranian territorial waters.

"In the case of infringement," the statement said "the response will be immediate ...".

The warning is for all vessels, but particularly to those Saudis engaged for several days in the exercises in the waters adjacent to the Sea of ​​Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf port and for decades the center of disputes over maritime jurisdiction.

Iran's Navy and the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards "are ready for any response, proportionate to the threat," they said in Tehran.

For its part Riad, through the commander of the Royal Navy Admiral Abdullah Al Sultan, remember that the exercises were planned long ago and have been programmed to increase the combat readiness margins of the Saudi eastern fleet.

The Iranian note is dated October 5, but the tension in the Gulf between the navies of Iran and Saudi Arabia rose to August, when the mouth of the Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (former general of the Air Force of the Pasdaran), Tehran declared himself ready to respond with force to any provocation.

(Photo: نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران)

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