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Iranian Navy Sending Ships to Panama Canal, Says Commander

The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy is sending ships to the Panama Canal, according to an article published in state-run media Friday.

The Iranian Navy has yet to operate in two straits in the world, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said Wednesday at a navy ceremony, according to Tehran Times. One of them is the Panama Canal. Irani did not identify the other strait but said the Iran Navy would operate in it this year. Irani did not lay out a similar timeline for when ships may head to the Panama Canal.

“Today, if my comrades are approaching the shores of the American continent, they are showing signs of the authority of dear Iran,” Irani said. “As a showcase for the dear people of our country, we appeared in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Of course, along this route, Australia and the French created threats for us and tried to violate the laws they had approved to cross their coasts. But we answered them with authority and according to the law.” [...]

While Irani did not specify what ships would travel to the vicinity of the Panama Canal, two Iranian Navy ships deployed last year and have been operating in the Pacific. Frigate IRIS Dena and IRINS Makran, Iran’s largest warship, made a port call in Jakarta, Indonesia, and was tracked by the French Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/13/iranian...-commander

Also "created threats" liest sich nun erstmal etwas dramatisch. So wie ich voyageurs Beitrag von zuvor lese, haben die Iraner ja nur die AWZ normal durchquert und es gab eine Kontaktaufnahme zu ihnen, ohne aber dass sie irgendwie behindert oder bedroht worden wären? Kann aber natürlich auch sein, dass das eine reine Showeinlage ist, weil man ja irgendwie begründen muss, wieso man recht sinnlos vor dem Panamakanal herumzugondeln gedenkt...

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