Khamenei warns US as Iran vows to clear Arabian Sea of enemy forces
Khamenei said Iranian forces and civilians are ready to confront adversaries as Tehran and Washington clash over access through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei warned on Monday that foreign forces will soon be pushed out of the Arabian Sea, asserting Iran's armed forces remain prepared to confront adversaries.
- Tensions escalated as Iran moved to restrict shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, while adviser Yahya Rahim Safavi warned last week that hostilities could spread into the Indian Ocean if Washington carries out further attacks.
- British police arrested five men Sunday near RAF Fairford, a base housing US bombers used for strikes against Iranian sites, and President Donald Trump said the suspects were looking to do "big damage."
- Following the arrests, the US Embassy issued a security alert urging citizens to "exercise caution" and be "mindful of personal security," while Britain maintains a "severe" terrorism threat level.
- Iran's embassy in London "categorically rejects" the speculations as "Iranophobia propaganda," while Defence Minister Wes Streeting noted Britain faces a general threat from Iranian-linked actors.
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SIC NotíciasThe war that the United States and Israel started against Iran entered this Tuesday in its eighth month and is at an impasse, marked by the intensification of American sanctions and the occasional attacks by Tehran on oil tankers in the Strait of Ormuz.
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Muhibbi made a striking claim regarding the US military presence in the Persian Gulf. Muhibbi alleged that US warships have withdrawn from the Persian Gulf and are now deployed approximately 500 kilometers south of the Strait of Hormuz.
The deputy military coordinator said: "We have the ability to target American ships, and the enemy will be expelled from the region with humiliation."
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