That argument implies that any US Navy's ships passage is not innocent, ever. Which is irrespective of the actual conduct of any particular US navy ship. That is a very unusual interpretation, to say the least, and I'm pretty sure an actual lawyer specialized in the relevant laws and treaties could and would make mince meat of that. But I'm not a lawyer, so ...
Well, Iran and the US are clearly not trusting of each other and are enemies. Therefore any trespass of Iranian waters will be first and foremost considered to be of hostile intent. This is simple military readiness IMO.
Anyway, the situations recently encountered are not US ships IN Iranian waters. NEAR Iranian waters doesn't justify naval harassment.
I was talking about the incident mentioned earlier in the thread about the sailors in the broken down boat near Fars Island.
And I mentioned, in general (and not in response to any post of yours), that there is no inherent ban on any ships entering a country's territorial waters.
Yes, in principle, if you consider both Iran and US as participating in the general framework of UNCLOS (which many here expressly deny) but only on the basis of actual behaviours of specific ships in specific instances. Are you seeking confrontation?
If it was me , yes I would force USA to make her decision .... I doubt an " America first " man who want to rebuild USA , begin war ....
But we are subject of conventional attackes ....
No, it really can't. If you have to resort to asymmetric warfare, then you're admitting you're no equal and are fighting from a very weakened position.
Not only are you assuming things about me, all of which are false, you're also delusional.
Forgive me sir. You know nothing of Iran-US relations. You imagine Americans are beautiful angels that were saying hello to Iranians carrying flowers on their boats in Persian gulf and bad bad Iranians caught them in a savage manner. Because Iran had violated their boats with it's national waters. In fact Iran was violating their space. And Iran is guilty here
I would suppose you are a US-lover since now because you don't care they were violating Iran's territorial waters.
For a country that used to import even a toothbrush before, Iran has been making giant strides in industry and indigenously produced components. Recently, on the country’s Defence Industry Day, President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, had unveiled the first domestically produced Turbojet engine “Owj” (Zenith), in a prestigious ceremony attended by press officials, industry experts, and scientists of the nation.
(The video attached has demo of live running of engine in wind tunnel or testing facility )
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