{"id":235219,"date":"2021-06-01T06:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=235219"},"modified":"2021-06-02T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T07:21:22","slug":"two-iranian-warships-heading-for-americas-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=235219","title":{"rendered":"Two Iranian Warships Heading For America\u2019s Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Above: the Makran, a 109,769 long tonne former oil tanker converted by Iran into an Expeditionary Sea Base, is believed to be accompanied by an Iranian Navy frigate sailing toward Venezuela.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>US security agencies are monitoring TWO Iranian warships &#8216;heading towards Venezuela&#8217; amid fears they could be used to intimidate Washington<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Two Iranian warships are headed south along the east coast of Africa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s unclear where they are headed, but US security experts believe they may be traveling toward Venezuela<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Iran and Venezuela have become close allies in the past decade; both have been heavily sanctioned by the US\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Venezuela is located just 1,500 miles from mainland America, and Iranian warships in the region may intimidate Washington\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Andrew Court \u2013 Daily Mail May 30, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>US security agencies are keep a close eye on two Iranian warships that may be headed toward Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian frigate and a former oil tanker known as the Makran are currently sailing south along the east coast of Africa, anonymous sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/29\/iranian-warships-venezuela-491414\"><strong>Politico <\/strong><\/a>on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence officials remain mystified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/iran\/index.html\"><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s motivations with the two vessels and they are unsure what kind of cargo they may be holding. However, if the ships do end up in Venezuela it could be a sign Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is trying to intimidate Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The 755-foot long Makran was commissioned this year. Iranian officials have boasted of the its missile and weapons capabilities, and it can allegedly carry up to six helicopters.<\/p>\n<p>Both Iran and Venezuela are under heavy sanctions from the United States, and they have become closer allies in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has sent multiple fuel tankers to Venezuela as the country faces crippling gas shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has also established both a car assembly plant and a\u00a0 huge cement factory in\u00a0 Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Politico,\u00a0President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s government has &#8216;been advised that welcoming the Iranian warships would be a mistake&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of the Iranian vessels so close to the United States &#8211; less than 1,500 miles &#8211; could complicate Joe Biden&#8217;s plans to begin negotiations with the Islamic country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_224896\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Makran-logistics-vessel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224896\" class=\"wp-image-224896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Makran-logistics-vessel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Makran, an Iranian logistics vessel that can also act as a helicopter carrier with up to 7 helicopters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2018, former President Trump abandoned the Iran Nuclear Deal that Obama struck with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican, demanded Biden keep sanctions in place against Iran after the country&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guards released a chilling propaganda video which depicts the United States Capitol being blown up by a missile and its soldiers \u2018liberating\u2019 Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Republic\u2019s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) broadcast the video on Iranian state-run television before a televised speech to the nation by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Toomey stated: &#8216;The Biden admin\u2019s priority should be ensuring Iran cannot carry out such an attack, not capitulating by removing sanctions.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9633707\/US-security-agencies-monitoring-TWO-Iranian-warships-heading-Venezuela.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of having U.S. carrier groups stationed near or in the Persian Gulf, Iran could be about to give America a taste of its own medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":220566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-235219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235219","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=235219"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235225,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235219\/revisions\/235225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/220566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}