{"id":181062,"date":"2018-12-25T07:59:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181062"},"modified":"2018-12-27T05:44:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T05:44:53","slug":"u-s-does-not-have-the-courage-or-ability-to-attack-iran-naval-commander-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=181062","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Does Not Have the ‘Courage or Ability’ to Attack Iran, Naval Commander Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Lemon \u2013 Newsweek Dec 24, 2018<\/h1>\n

A high-ranking Iranian naval commander\u00a0dismissed the possibility of a military confrontation with the United States, arguing that Washington did not have the \u201ccourage or ability\u201d to launch such a strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari (right). Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari responded on Monday to the USS John C. Stennis <\/em>aircraft carrier’s arrival in the Persian Gulf on Friday, following a long absence of such ships from the waterway. While\u00a0some\u00a0raised alarm\u00a0that the U.S. could more easily launch an attack on Iran from the carrier, Sayyari brushed aside any concern.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe presence of this warship is insignificant to us,\u201d he said, according to Reuters. \u201cThey do not have the courage or ability to take any measures against us. We have enough capabilities to stand against their actions, and we have fully rehearsed for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sayyari\u00a0pointed out that\u00a0the U.S. carrier had\u00a0thus far remained in international waters, which it is allowed to do without problems. However, he warned that Iran would \u201cnot allow this warship to come near our territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite Sayyari\u2019s dismissal of the sea vessel, Iranian boats and a drone were spotted following close to the ship to observe its movements, Radio Free Europe reported. Iranian sailors were even seen filming and photographing the American carrier.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, Iran\u2019s elite Revolutionary Guard also launched war games in the gulf, with the country\u2019s state news channel broadcasting images of the maneuvers, The Independent<\/em> reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The drills involved other branches of the Islamic Republic\u2019s military and included drones, helicopters, naval vessels and rocket launchers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high since President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the landmark 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, earlier this year. The White House stepped away from the international agreement\u2014which was made under the administration of Barack Obama and also involved France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and the European Union\u2014and\u00a0reinstated sanctions<\/a><\/strong><\/span> on Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is more than boasting. After Afghanistan and with Vietnam still a bitter memory a face-to-face military showdown with Iran is something the U.S. wants to avoid <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181062"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181066,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181062\/revisions\/181066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}