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U.S. Ships Provoked Iranian Boats Conducting “Routine” Patrol in Hormuz Strait: Iranian IRGC Our Bureau 352
IRGC vessels sailing close to U.S. vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, 2021.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed that the U.S. provoked its boats while they were conducting routine patrol in the Strait of Hormuz on May 10.
Meanwhile, the U.S. said 13 IRGC fast boats precariously approached its vessels that were escorting guided missile submarine USS Georgia. To shoo away “harassing” Iranian ships, 30 warning shots were fired from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter
Maui from a 50 caliber machine gun.
Rejecting Pentagon claim, IRGC urges US to stop ‘unprofessional behavior’ in Persian Gulf, Hormuz Strait Tuesday, 11 May 2021 2:41 PM
[ Last Update: Tuesday, 11 May 2021 5:10 PM ] In this image provided by the US Navy, an Iranian IRGC Navy speedboat (in the background) is shown near US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 10, 2021. (Via AFP)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected the Pentagon’s claims that speedboats belonging to the elite Iranian force sparked an encounter with the US vessels, warning the Americans not to endanger shipping security in the Persian Gulf through “provocative” and “unprofessional” behavior.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the IRGC said the US navy’s account of the encounter in the strategic Hormuz Strait was “untrue” and part of an “escape-forward” strategy, calling on the American navy to refrain from “u
6 May 2021
Major General Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), on Thursday scorned the military forces of Israel and the U.S. as “weaklings” as he boasted of the “blistering” military capabilities at the disposal of Tehran.
A clearly excited Salami was participating in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Channel Two TV network, boasting his elite Quds Force was “not only defeating the U.S. forces in the region, but also inciting the whole region against the presence of the U.S. forces.”
“The Americans are forced to leave the Middle East gradually and today you see that a part of the U.S. terrorist army is departing from Afghanistan, and this exit is the result of the nations’ will,” he continued, saluting “the resistance forces in the region” as reasons for the claimed U.S. retreat from global engagement.
Huge fire at Iran s alcohol production factory
A big fire broke out on Sunday morning in an industrial alcohol production plant near the central Iranian city of Qom, injuring six, a media report said.
| 3 May 2021 5:41 AM GMT
TEHRAN: A big fire broke out on Sunday morning in an industrial alcohol production plant near the central Iranian city of Qom, injuring six, a media report said.
The fire was reported around 06:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT) in the industrial park of Shokuhiyeh, located 20 km from Qom, according to a local fire department spokesperson.
More than 100 firefighters were immediately deployed to extinguish the fire, preventing it from reaching the tanks of alcohol and other flammable items, the Xinhua news agency reported.