Iran has responded to comments from the head of the US Navy’s fifth fleet about an “uneasy deterrence” being reached between the two militaries in the Persian Gulf.
Vice Adm. Sam Paparo told the Manama Dialogue hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies that “we have achieved an uneasy deterrence. That uneasy deterrence is exacerbated by world events and by events along the way. But I have found Iranian activity at sea to be cautious and circumspect and respectful, to not risk unnecessary miscalculation or escalation at sea.”
A US Marine observes Iranian fast attack craft from the USS John P. Murtha during a Strait of Hormuz transit, July 18, 2019. (US Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert)
Asked about Paparo’s comments, Alireza Miryousefi, a spokesman for Iran’s mission to the United Nations, says all of Iran’s naval forces “have always conducted themselves in the utmost professional manner while patrolling in our territorial waters and the greater Persian Gulf.”
“Any suggestion to the otherwise is categorically false,” Miryousefi told The Associated Press. “The question that should be raised is, what is the US Navy doing 7,000 miles from its territorial waters?”
— AP
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