Al-Jazeera Net correspondents
Tehran- Contrary to what Iran has been doing in recent years by organizing pre-scheduled military maneuvers from time to time, under different names; Among them are “Defenders of the Sky of the Province, Zulfiqar, Defenders of Khyber” and others. Yesterday, the Revolutionary Guards Navy began surprise maneuvers under the title “Al-Iqtadir” on Abu Musa Island in the Gulf waters, which will continue until Friday.
During the maneuvers, the Revolutionary Guards revealed the “Ghadir” naval cruise missiles and the “Fatah 360” ballistic missiles that use artificial intelligence, as well as drones and ships equipped with missiles with a range of 600 km, adding – in a statement – that the aim of the maneuvers is to “protect water security.” Gulf and Iranian islands,” as the statement put it.
On the sidelines of the maneuvers, the Commander of the Naval Forces of the Revolutionary Guards, Admiral Ali Reza Tanksiri, described the Gulf as “the property of all its countries,” and that the security of the region is “a common benefit for all countries bordering on it,” while the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guards, Major General Hussein Salami, summarized the message of the maneuvers that the neighboring Islamic countries Gulf waters alone are able to guarantee their security.
Observers in Iran read the statements of the leaders of the Revolutionary Guards in the context of the invitation that the Islamic Republic made to the Gulf states in 2019 to join the “Hormuz Peace Initiative” calling for regional cooperation in order to ensure the security of the region and block the way for foreign forces in it.
For his part, the researcher in military affairs, Mahdi Bakhtiari, believes that the selection of the “Nazi’at” marine area to conduct the maneuvers indicates the disputed islands, explaining that these maneuvers are directed primarily at the foreign military presence in the region.
Strait of Hormuz
And after the United States last month sent a warship and more F-35 and F-16 combat aircraft to the Middle East, the Pentagon renewed – two weeks ago – its intention to strengthen its military presence in the region to “monitor the Strait of Hormuz and its surrounding waters.
Speaking to Al-Jazeera Net, Bakhtiari recalls the maneuver of the International Maritime Security Alliance entitled “Guardian Shield” last week near the Strait of Hormuz, and reads the element of surprise and the lack of prior announcement of the Revolutionary Guard’s maneuvers in the context of its constant readiness in the Gulf waters to confront developments that would destabilize regional security, according to his expression.
He revealed the inauguration of the Revolutionary Guards “Martyr Hojaji Brigade to ensure the security of the Nazat al-Bahriya area” in conjunction with the maneuver, stressing that the announced mission of the new naval brigade and the military equipment it has acquired leave no room for doubt that the Revolutionary Guards have increased the surveillance circle in the Gulf waters and the Strait of Hormuz from Abu Musa Island up to a radius of 600 kilometers at least.
“age for age”
And he considered the recent American step a challenge to his country after the Iranian army’s navy challenged its American counterpart and anchored it months ago on the shores of Brazil, explaining that the military equipment recently revealed by the Revolutionary Guards is suitable to confront the American military reinforcements that are on their way to the region.
The United States had harassed a number of Latin American countries to prevent them from receiving the Iranian Navy Fleet “360” during its last mission around the globe over a period of 8 months, and the words of the Iranian researcher who believes that his country will no longer accept the American military presence near its lands, waters and skies.
He concluded that the Iranian army’s navy will continue to sail in the oceans, especially the Pacific and Atlantic, and the straits close to the United States, and will be fully prepared to confront any move by the US Navy that would destabilize the security of the Middle East.
For his part, political researcher Qais al-Quraishi believes that the maneuvers of the Revolutionary Guards send a double warning message to the United States and the Israeli entity against the consequences of approaching Iran’s territorial waters, explaining that Israel, which is suffering from a real internal crisis, wants to confiscate it to the Gulf region.
Equipment of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy during the recent maneuvers (Reuters)
There is neither peace nor war
In an interview with Al-Jazeera Net, Al-Quraishi explained that Iran is besieging Israel through Tehran’s allies in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and will not allow Tel Aviv to drag the battle into its own heartland with the help of the United States, explaining that the American and Israeli presence in the Gulf waters will destabilize its security, such as ship accidents in the region. over the past few years.
He believed that the state of “neither peace nor war” governed the relationship between the Islamic Republic and the United States during the past years, and that the rivals of the democratic administration criticize its keenness to preserve this equation and see that its continuation is not in the interest of Washington.
Al-Quraishi read the maneuvers of the Revolutionary Guards as a practical exercise to confront any possible American move against Iran after the failure of all negotiations and mediations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement that the Biden administration bet on to put an end to thorny issues with Iran, as he put it.
He concluded that the hidden war between the axis of resistance and the United States is at its most severe in the region, and that the tension resulting from the presence of American forces in the east of the Euphrates, Syria, comes in the context of the battle to expel the American forces from the region that Tehran launched after the assassination of its military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in an American raid on the road to Baghdad airport. Early 2020.
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2023-08-03 18:22:38
