RNA - "If the enemy makes a mistake in the Persian Gulf and decides to ignore respect for the Islamic Republic of Iran's interests and borders, it will be given a heavy slap by the nation's guards in the sea and they will regret their deeds," General Tangsiri said on Sunday.
He said that the Americans, British, Canadians and Australians have experienced Iran's response to their aggression and trespassing on Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf in the past.
In relevant remarks in 2016, General Tangsiri said the US warships have been warned to keep 12 nautical miles away from Iran's territorial waters or wait for an incident similar to what happened on January 12 the same year.
"We have a strong presence in the quintuple regions of the South and our independent bases in the Sea of Oman, in such a way that foreign vessels never dare to approach regions 12 miles away from our territorial waters and if they do, they will be treated like what we did to the Americans (on January 12, 2016)," Tangsiri told FNA.
The IRGC seized two US Navy boats on January 12, 2016, and detained them on Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf. Nine men and one woman arrived in Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf illegally when they were captured by the IRGC Navy. They were freed later after diplomatic consultations.
Asked about the western media reports that the IRGC speedboats have monitored a US warship in the Persian Gulf's Strait of Hormuz, he said, "It is not a new thing and every new warship which enters the Persian Gulf, we will be present there for monitoring."
Tangsiri explained that reconnaissance of the new warships is carried out on surface and from the air by radars and drones and in a covert manner. "This is our inalienable and legal right."
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