{"id":288469,"date":"2024-05-30T06:22:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T06:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=288469"},"modified":"2024-05-31T07:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:24:17","slug":"iran-provides-houthis-with-anti-ship-ballistic-missile-irgc-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=288469","title":{"rendered":"Iran Provides Houthis with Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile: IRGC Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Ghadir anti-ship missile<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran International \u2013 May 29, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), reported on Wednesday that Iran has supplied the Houthi rebels in Yemen with the Ghadr ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p>The missile, described as the first Iranian anti-ship ballistic missile, is now in the hands of Yemeni fighters, enhancing their capability to target maritime vessels.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation is significant as it confirms that Tehran has been arming its proxy forces in Yemen with advanced ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a pattern of Iran&#8217;s military support to its allies in the region, further destabilizing the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1403\/03\/09\/3094099\/%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B6%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%25%20\"><strong>Tasnim&#8217;s report also highlighted<\/strong><\/a> the history of the anti-ship ballistic missile&#8217;s development, pointing out that Iran needs to be able to threaten US and other foreign navies in the broader Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In March, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps accused Iran of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, highlighting Tehran&#8217;s expanding role in global conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Since November, the Houthis have been using Iranian-supplied missiles and drones to attack commercial ships in the Red Sea, a critical global trade route. The attacks were initially a response to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza but have since severely disrupted maritime trade in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Houthi campaign in the Red Sea began after Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called on Muslim nations to blockade Israeli trade.<\/p>\n<p>Despite US and British military strikes on Houthi targets starting in January aimed at degrading their arsenal, the group\u2019s attacks have continued.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has been exacerbated by the expiration of UN Security Council restrictions on Iran&#8217;s export of certain missiles, drones, and related technologies in October. However, the United States and European Union have maintained sanctions on Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile program, citing persistent concerns over the proliferation of Iranian weaponry to proxies in the Middle East and to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This ongoing transfer of advanced military technology to the Houthis underscores the Iranian regime&#8217;s commitment to extending its influence and military capabilities through proxy warfare, posing a significant threat to regional and global\u00a0stability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202405293192\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite US and British military strikes on Houthi targets to degrade their arsenal, the group\u2019s attacks have continued. Now their Iranian benefactors have supplied them with more advanced missiles, posing a greater threat to shipping in the Red Sea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":288470,"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":[118,51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-10-gaza-war","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288469","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=288469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288471,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288469\/revisions\/288471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/288470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}