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Mon, 07/04/2011 - 09:40
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Commander Underlines IRGC's Preparedness to Defend Persian Gulf
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior commander of the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said that the IRGC's bases throughout the Persian Gulf are fully prepared to defend the strategic waterway against any kind of threat.
"The IRGC's second naval zone is ready to safeguard (Iran's) sea borders in the Persian Gulf with its short- and long-range missiles," Commander of the IRGC's Second Naval Zone Ali Razmjou told reporters in Iran's Southern port city of Bushehr on Sunday.
"We at the IRGC's second naval zone have missiles proper missiles for our specified missions and we have conducted the necessary tests in this regard as well," Razmjou stated.
Referring to the IRGC's responsibility for protecting and defending Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf from the world oil lifeline, Strait of Hormoz, to Arvand River in Iran's Southwestern province of Khuzestan, Razmjou said that the IRGC has deployed forces in different bases and is ready to respond to enemies' threats.
Meantime, the commander underscored that such measures are aimed at strengthening Iran's deterrent power, establishing durable security in the Persian Gulf and creating friendship and peace among the neighboring states.
Iran has repeatedly warned that its Armed Forces are fully prepared to immediately deliver a crushing response to any offensive on Iranian territory.
The United States and Israel have once again intensified their hostile measures against Iran to push the country to give up its progress in the field of civilian nuclear technology.
Iran has warned it could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.
Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.
A recent study by a fellow at Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Caitlin Talmadge, warned that Iran could use mines as well as missiles to block the strait, and that "it could take many weeks, even months, to restore the full flow of commerce, and more time still for the oil markets to be convinced that stability has returned".
In a Sep. 11, 2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy also said that in the two decades since the Iran-Iraq War, the Islamic Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces.
According to the report, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN) has been transformed into a highly motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in control of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.
The study says that if Washington takes military action against the Islamic Republic, the scale of Iran's response would likely be proportional to the scale of the damage inflicted on Iranian assets.
"The IRGC's second naval zone is ready to safeguard (Iran's) sea borders in the Persian Gulf with its short- and long-range missiles," Commander of the IRGC's Second Naval Zone Ali Razmjou told reporters in Iran's Southern port city of Bushehr on Sunday.
"We at the IRGC's second naval zone have missiles proper missiles for our specified missions and we have conducted the necessary tests in this regard as well," Razmjou stated.
Referring to the IRGC's responsibility for protecting and defending Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf from the world oil lifeline, Strait of Hormoz, to Arvand River in Iran's Southwestern province of Khuzestan, Razmjou said that the IRGC has deployed forces in different bases and is ready to respond to enemies' threats.
Meantime, the commander underscored that such measures are aimed at strengthening Iran's deterrent power, establishing durable security in the Persian Gulf and creating friendship and peace among the neighboring states.
Iran has repeatedly warned that its Armed Forces are fully prepared to immediately deliver a crushing response to any offensive on Iranian territory.
The United States and Israel have once again intensified their hostile measures against Iran to push the country to give up its progress in the field of civilian nuclear technology.
Iran has warned it could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.
Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway, is a major oil shipping route.
A recent study by a fellow at Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Caitlin Talmadge, warned that Iran could use mines as well as missiles to block the strait, and that "it could take many weeks, even months, to restore the full flow of commerce, and more time still for the oil markets to be convinced that stability has returned".
In a Sep. 11, 2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy also said that in the two decades since the Iran-Iraq War, the Islamic Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces.
According to the report, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN) has been transformed into a highly motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in control of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.
The study says that if Washington takes military action against the Islamic Republic, the scale of Iran's response would likely be proportional to the scale of the damage inflicted on Iranian assets.
