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US military ‘better get out’ of Persian Gulf, Iran general warns
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s defense minister warns the US to remove its military presence from the Persian Gulf, comparing American troops to an “insane armed robber” invading a home.
“What are Americans doing in the Persian Gulf? They had better get out of this region and not cause nuisance for the regional countries,” Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says according to Iranian media reports.
Dehqan says it’s not “logically acceptable to let mindless armed robbers enter your place and lay red carpet for them.”
The minister’s remarks come after US Central Command chief General Joe Votel told the House Armed Services Committee that he was “extraordinarily concerned” by the buildup of Iranian naval ships in the Straits of Hormuz.
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