{"id":1888,"date":"2019-05-12T16:51:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2019-05-12T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T13:51:37","slug":"irans-guards-commander-says-u-s-military-presence-in-gulf-is-an-opportunity-isna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1888","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Guards commander says U.S. military presence in Gulf is ‘an opportunity’: ISNA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States\u2019 military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to the Iranian Students\u2019 News Agency (ISNA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, entering the Mediterranean Sea as it continues operations in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility in this April 13, 2019 photo supplied by the U.S. Navy. (Photo by U.S. Navy\/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clint Davis\/Handout via Reuters)<\/p><\/div>\n

The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East to counter what U.S. officials have said are \u201cclear indications\u201d of threats from Iran to its forces there.<\/p>\n

The USS Abraham Lincoln is replacing another carrier rotated out of the Gulf last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now…the threats have switched to opportunities,\u201d Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards\u2019<\/em> aerospace division said.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIf (the Americans) make a move we will hit them in the head.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The commander of the Guards, Major General Hossein Salami, said in a parliament session on Sunday that the United States has started a psychological war in the region, according to a parliamentary spokesman.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommander Salami, with attention to the situation in the region, presented an analysis that the Americans have started a psychological war because the comings and goings of their military is a normal matter,\u201d<\/em> said Behrouz Nemati in a summary of the Salami\u2019s comments, according to parliament\u2019s ICANA news site.<\/p>\n

Salami was appointed head of the Guards last month.<\/p>\n

Separately, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday that U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had made plans for the United States to withdraw from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal and take a more aggressive posture toward the Islamic Republic even before he took up his current post.<\/p>\n

Zarif tweeted a link to a 2017 National Review article written by Bolton with the headline \u201cHow to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cA detailed blueprint for #FakeIntelligence, #ForeverWar and even empty offers for talks\u2014only phone numbers were not included,\u201d<\/em> Zarif wrote in the tweet.<\/p>\n

CNN reported on Friday that the White House had passed a telephone number to the Swiss for contacting U.S. President Donald Trump in case Iranian officials want to hold talks.<\/p>\n

The Swiss embassy in Tehran represents U.S. interests in the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: Geneva (Reuters<\/a>) \u2013 Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Toby Chopra and Elaine Hardcastle | 12 May 2019<\/p>\n

Ali Gaffari<\/strong> <\/a>(QATAR<\/a>, UAE<\/a>, IRAN<\/a> XairForces <\/strong>Editor)
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