{"id":24365,"date":"2020-04-24T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/iran-vows-to-hit-back-if-threatened\/"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T07:08:10","slug":"iran-vows-to-hit-back-if-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=24365","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows to hit back if threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Guards chief says U.S. warships will be destroyed if security of Gulf is imperilled<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/iran-vows-to-hit-back-if-threatened\/article31418127.ece\">Reuters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran will destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Revolutionary Guards told state TV on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran over \u201dharassment\u201d of U.S. vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have ordered our naval forces to destroy any American terrorist force in the Persian Gulf that threatens security of Iran\u2019s military or non-military ships,\u201d Major General Hossein Salami said. \u201cSecurity of the Persian Gulf is part of Iran\u2019s strategic priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the U.S. Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea, but said later he was not changing the militarys rules of engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the U.S. military said 11 Revolutionary Guards naval vessels from the Guards Navy came close to U.S. Navy and coast guard ships in the Gulf, calling the moves dangerous and provocative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss Ambassador in Tehran, who represents U.S. interests in the country, over the recent tensions between Tehran and Washington. \u201cI am telling the Americans that we are absolutely determined and serious in defending our national security, our water borders, our shipping safety, and our security forces, and we will respond decisively to any sabotage,\u201d Salami said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmericans have experienced our power in the past and must learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested that Mr. Trump should focus on saving U.S. service members from the pandemic. \u201cThe U.S. military is hit by over 5,000 #covid19 infections\u2026 Also, U.S. forces have no business 7,000 miles away from home, provoking our sailors off our OWN Persian Gulf shores,\u201d Mr.Zarif tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guards chief says U.S. warships will be destroyed if security of Gulf is imperilled Reuters Iran will destroy U.S. warships if its security is threatened in the Gulf, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Revolutionary Guards told state TV on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran over \u201dharassment\u201d of U.S. vessels. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}