{"id":2965,"date":"2023-04-20T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2023-04-20T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:50:43","slug":"iran-says-forces-us-submarine-to-surface-in-gulf-us-denies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2965","title":{"rendered":"Iran Says Forces US Submarine to Surface in Gulf, US Denies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2966\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123.png 720w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123-585x293.png 585w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123-293x147.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-123-390x195.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iran\u2019s and U.S.\u2019 flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. Photo: REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/File Photo<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2018s navy forced a&nbsp;US&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;to&nbsp;surface&nbsp;as it entered the&nbsp;Gulf,&nbsp;Iranian navy commander Shahram&nbsp;Irani told state television on Thursday, but the United States Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet denied such an incident had taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe\u00a0US\u00a0submarine\u00a0was approaching while submerged, but the\u00a0Iranian\u00a0submarine\u00a0Fateh detected it and carried out\u2026 manoeuvres to force it to\u00a0surface\u00a0as it went through the Strait (of Hormuz). It had also entered into our territorial waters but \u2026 it corrected its course after being warned,\u201d\u00a0Irani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;was doing its best, using all its capacities, to pass in total silence and without being detected,\u201d&nbsp;Irani said. \u201cWe will certainly reflect to international bodies the fact that it had violated our border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0US\u00a0Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, denied what it called\u00a0Iranian \u201cdisinformation\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA&nbsp;US&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;has not transited the Strait of Hormuz today or recently,\u201d Commander Timothy Hawkins told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe claim represents more&nbsp;Iranian disinformation that does not contribute to regional maritime security and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;US&nbsp;Navy said earlier this month that the nuclear-powered, guided-missile&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;Florida was operating in the Middle East in support of its Fifth Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iranian and\u00a0US\u00a0forces\u00a0have had a number of confrontations in the past. In early April, the\u00a0Iranian navy said it had identified and warned off a\u00a0US\u00a0reconnaissance plane outside the mouth of the\u00a0Gulf. In 2019,\u00a0Iran\u00a0shot down a\u00a0US\u00a0drone which it said was flying over southern\u00a0Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2023\/04\/20\/iran-says-forces-us-submarine-to-surface-in-gulf-us-denies\/\">https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2023\/04\/20\/iran-says-forces-us-submarine-to-surface-in-gulf-us-denies\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2018s navy forced a&nbsp;US&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;to&nbsp;surface&nbsp;as it entered the&nbsp;Gulf,&nbsp;Iranian navy commander Shahram&nbsp;Irani told state television on Thursday, but the United States Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet denied such an incident had taken place. \u201cThe\u00a0US\u00a0submarine\u00a0was approaching while submerged, but the\u00a0Iranian\u00a0submarine\u00a0Fateh detected it and carried out\u2026 manoeuvres to force it to\u00a0surface\u00a0as it went through the Strait (of Hormuz). It had also entered into our territorial waters but \u2026 it corrected its course after being warned,\u201d\u00a0Irani said. \u201cThis&nbsp;submarine&nbsp;was doing its best, using all its capacities, to pass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-threat-to-america"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}