TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy dispatched its first fleet of warships to the
Atlantic Ocean in a ceremony participated by Navy Commander Rear Admiral
Habibollah Sayyari and his deputy Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Moussavi in
Southern Iran on Tuesday.
The flotilla, which is the first dispatched to the Atlantic, but the 29th
one dispatched to the international waters, consists of Khark logistic and
helicopter-carrier warship and Sabalan destroyer. The warships should sail
25,000 nautical kilometers in the next three months.
Addressing Iranian commanders, Navy personnel, sailors and crews in a
ceremony to bid farewell to the flotilla, Admiral Moussavi said Iran has a
message of peace and friendship for the world states and seeks to show its
defensive power to the world by sending its fleets of warships to the
international waters.
In December another senior Iranian commander announced the country’s plans
to deploy warships in the Atlantic Ocean.
“The previous flotillas of warships were sent to the Mediterranean Sea and
passed the Suez Channel and even sailed through the Pacific Ocean and the
China Sea,” Commander of the Navy’s Fourth Naval Zone Admiral Afshin Rezayee
told FNA last month.
“Now we intend to enter the Atlantic Ocean and this will be materialized
after dispatch of the next flotillas of warships,” he added.
In relevant remarks in November, Sayyari said that Iran plans to dispatch
its next flotilla of warships to the high seas in early 2014 to protect the
country’s cargo ships and oil tankers against pirate attacks.
“The Navy’s next flotilla will be dispatched to either the Pacific Ocean or
the Atlantic on January 21-Feb 20,” he said.
He underlined that the Navy’s flotilla will pass through the Mediterranean
Sea to reach the Atlantic Ocean.
Credit to Independent Media IMRA
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