{"id":267908,"date":"2023-04-21T07:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=267908"},"modified":"2023-04-23T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T07:25:51","slug":"iran-warns-off-us-nuclear-powered-submarine-in-strait-of-hurmuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=267908","title":{"rendered":"Iran Warns Off US Nuclear-Powered Submarine in Strait of Hurmuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Iranian Fateh submarine<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fars News Agency \u2013 Apr 20, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said that the country&#8217;s naval forces have detected and warned off an American nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine as the seagoing vessel was sailing to cross the Hurmuz Strait in stealth mode.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral Irani stated on Thursday that the naval forces detected the US submarine, Florida, as it entered the strategic region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US submarine was approaching the Strait of Hormuz while submerged, but the domestically-manufactured Iranian submarine, Fateh, detected it and carried out&#8230; maneuvers to force it to surface and cross the Strait [of Hormuz] on the surface,\u201d the senior commander explained.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the US submarine had closed Iran\u2019s territorial waters and was given the necessary warnings, noting, \u201cIt changed its course with an escort and continued on its way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senior Iranian commander said the US must explain the reasons it violated regulations in an important international waterway, adding, \u201cThe recent warning by Iran\u2019s Navy to the US is that it must abide by all international regulations from now on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran: Pentagon Movements in West Asia Part of US Struggling to Conceal Defeats<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CRI2Uacgpw\">https:\/\/t.co\/CRI2Uacgpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9egm0USCo\">pic.twitter.com\/g9egm0USCo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fars News Agency (@EnglishFars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnglishFars\/status\/1645391048494010369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Iranian military officials say\u00a0the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navies have brought stability and safety to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. They have declared the Iranian\u00a0naval forces&#8217; full preparedness to fight off any plot of enemies against Tehran at its birth, stressing that the country&#8217;s armed forces will teach a painful lesson to foes in case they launch any act of aggression against the country.<\/p>\n<p>Military officials have warned that any mistake by the US and Israel will be met with Tehran&#8217;s tough and harsh response. Iranian officials say Washington and Tel Aviv are well aware of Tehran\u2019s capabilities and capacities, and caution that Tehran does not compromise or joke with its national security.\u00a0They stress\u00a0the Iranian Armed Forces\u2019 deterrent power dissuades the United States and Israel from implementing its threats against the country.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has repeatedly cautioned that any plan aimed at increasing US presence in the Middle East will only foment insecurity and instability and spread terrorism,\u00a0urging the neighboring countries to be extremely vigilant about any US-Israeli plan that clearly aims to disturb the stability and order of the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farsnews.ir\/en\/news\/14020131000549\/Iran-Warns-Off-US-Nclear-Pwered-Sbmarine-in-Srai-f-Hrmz\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran claims one of its Fateh submarine confronted a US nuclear submarine as it attempted to sail the Straits of Hormuz submerged. Forcing the USS Florida to surface and sail the Straits in compliance with international law   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":183836,"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":[58,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267908","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=267908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267936,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267908\/revisions\/267936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/183836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}