"Our current plans are for accompanying US-flagged ships, although there are discussions with other nations to include their vessels as well," said Colonel Patrick Ryder, a spokesman at the US military's Central Command, declining to identify the other countries.
[jpost.com by Reuters]
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Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran will not let regional powers jeopardize its security interests in Yemen, Tasnim news agency reported, in the strongest acknowledgement yet of Iranian involvement in the Arabian peninsula...
ReplyDeleteIran has denied accusations from Western and Arab states that it is arming Shi'ite Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen. But it has regularly condemned a Saudi-led air campaign against the insurgents.
"Others will not be allowed to put our shared security at risk with military adventures," Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency in an article published on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the guardian of Sunni Islam, has long vied for influence with Iran, the region's main Shi'ite Muslim power....jpost.com by Reuters
2/5/15
Detained ship case purely financial, says Iran firm...
ReplyDeleteThe case of the ship intercepted in the Gulf by Iran's navy on Tuesday is purely financial and with no political overtones, an Iranian oil company involved said on Saturday.
"Unfortunately, some are seeking to exploit the case politically, but the reality is limited only to damages that Maersk has made us suffer," said Hamid Reza Jahanian, head of the Pars Oil Products Talayieh company, the Fars news agency reported.
On Tuesday, Iranian boats forced the Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris to port after firing warning shots across the bow and boarding the vessel.
Iran has said it seized control of the container ship because of a commercial dispute with Denmark's giant Maersk group, which chartered the vessel......AFP....ahram.org.eg
2/5/15