Top IRG Cmdr.: No Need for Extra-Regional Forces to Ensure Gulf Security

By Staff, Agencies

A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards [IRG] says there is no need for extra-regional forces to ensure the security of the Gulf given that Iran and neighboring countries are cooperating to guarantee the security of the strategic waterway.

“The Islamic Republic’s security umbrella has been expanded across the region, and we have cooperation with other neighboring states in this regard,” commander of the third naval zone of the IRG Rear Admiral Amrollah Nozari said on Tuesday.

Pointing to a Sunday naval parade in Bandar-e Mahshahr in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province on the occasion of National Gulf Day, he said the IRG Navy is responsible to maintain national and shipping security in the region.

The commander further said that the IRG Navy has an active and strong presence in the region to ensure the security of the Persian Gulf for the Iranian nation and other neighboring states.

In similar remarks on Saturday, Commander of the IRG Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said his forces will resolutely “protect and safeguard” the Gulf and its resources, urging the United States and the “Israeli” entity to immediately leave the strategic waterway.

Tangsiri added that “the illegitimate presence of the aggressive United States and the child-killing ‘Israeli’ regime in this region has endangered the stability and security of the Persian Gulf,” calling on Washington and Tel Aviv to leave the area as soon as possible “so that this sensitive region becomes safer.”