Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards launched war games in the Gulf today after a U.S. aircraft carrier entered the waterway amid rising tension between the countries over reimposed U.S. sanctions.
State television showed amphibious forces landing on Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm during the exercises, which featured naval vessels, helicopters, drones, rocket launchers and commando units.
'Hopefully, with these exercises, our enemies will realise more than ever how devastating our response would be to any move by them,' state news agency IRNA quoted Guards chief Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari as saying.
A tank belonging to military units of the IRGC Ground Force is seen as they launched war games in the Gulf, December 22
A member of military units of the IRGC Ground Force fires a rocket launcher as part of Iranian drills
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards launched war games in the Gulf today after a U.S. aircraft carrier entered the waterway
Qeshm, the largest island in the Gulf, is located near the Strait of Hormuz through which a third of the world's seaborne oil passes.
The U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis entered the Gulf on Friday and was shadowed by Revolutionary Guards speedboats. Reuters witnesses also saw an Iranian drone flying nearby.
Guards speedboats fired rockets but a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said they were pointed away from U.S. vessels.
Helicopter belonging to military units of the IRGC Ground Force during their exercises, which featured naval vessels, helicopters, drones, rocket launchers and commando units
Military units of the IRGC Ground Force are seen on tanks in the gulf on December 22 2018
State television showed amphibious forces landing on Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm during the exercises
'We believe it was part of their naval exercise,' said Lieutenant Chloe Morgan, a spokeswoman for the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Iranian officials have made apparent threats to disrupt other countries' oil shipments through the Gulf if Washington presses ahead with efforts to halt Iran's oil exports, a measure forming part of U.S sanctions on Iran.
'We certainly strive to support our Gulf allies and let them know that we are going to continue to be committed to this area and to (ensure) equal access to international waters,' said Captain Randy Peck, commander of the carrier Stennis.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. military presence in Syria has damaged the region in the government's first comments on Trump's plan to pull U.S. troops from the war-torn country
In an apparent comment on the arrival of the Stennis, Jafari told state television: 'They've come, pretending to ensure the Persian Gulf states' security...
'But it is Iran which has to provide security for the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and our friends and brotherly countries on its southern coast'.
Trump announced he would pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria on Wednesday
Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia welcomed President Donald Trump's decision in May to withdraw the United States from the international nuclear agreement with Iran and to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran.
On Wednesday Trump announced he would pull all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria and proclaimed victory over Islamic State.
However, the move contradicts the assessments by his own experts, including defense secretary Jim Mattis and Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting IS, both of whom resigned from the administration.
Retired general Mattis claimed in a pointed letter that the president had an unrealistic view of threats posed by America's two biggest global adversaries.
A U.S sailor keeps watch from the captain's bridge onboard the USS John C. Stennis as it makes its way to the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018
Members of the media aboard the USS John C. Stennis take photos of Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrol boat in the Strait of Hormuz
Earlier Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. military presence in Syria has damaged the region in the government's first comments on Trump's plan to pull U.S. troops from the war-torn country.
The official IRNA news agency quoted Bahram Ghasemi, ministry spokesman, as saying the presence of U.S. troops during Syria's civil war has damaged peace and security in the region.
'Basically, the deployment and presence of U.S. forces in the region was wrong, illogical and a tension-maker,' said Ghasemi.
Iran has been a key supporter of the Syrian government and along with Russia helped turn the balance of power in favor of Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces.
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