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       Iran says it has full control of Gulf, U.S. Navy does not belong
        there
       By: MyLady Date: August 27, 2018, 12:09 pm
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       Iran says it has full control of Gulf, U.S. Navy does not belong
       there
       (Adds quote from navy chief, Revolutionary Guards chief)
       Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iran has full control of the Gulf and the
       U.S. Navy does not belong there, the head of the navy of Iran's
       Revolutionary Guards, General Alireza Tangsiri, was quoted by
       Tasnim news agency as saying on Monday.
       Tehran has suggested it could take military action in the Gulf
       to block other countries' oil exports in retaliation for U.S.
       sanctions intended to halt its sales of crude. Washington
       maintains a fleet in the Gulf that protects oil shipping routes.
       Tangsiri said Iran had full control of the Gulf and the Strait
       of Hormuz that leads into it. Closing the strait would be the
       most direct way of blocking shipping.
       "We can ensure the security of the Persian Gulf and there is no
       need for the presence of aliens like the U.S. and the countries
       whose home is not in here," he said in the quote, which appeared
       in English translation on Tasnim.
       He added, "All the carriers and military and non-military ships
       will be controlled and there is full supervision over the
       Persian Gulf. Our presence in the region is physical and
       constant and night and day."
       Separately, the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Major General
       Mohammad Ali Jafari, said Iran's enemies would not prevail in a
       conflict.
       "The enemies are strictly avoiding any conflict with Iran
       because they know that it will not be beneficial for them,"
       Jafari said, according to Tasnim.
       Tension between Iran and the United States has escalated since
       President Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between
       Iran and world powers in May and reimposed sanctions.
       Senior U.S. officials have said they aim to reduce Iran's oil
       exports to zero.
       Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most senior
       authority in the Islamic Republic, said last month that he
       supports the idea that if Iran is not allowed to export oil then
       no country should export oil from the Gulf. (Reporting by Babak
       Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Dale Hudson and Peter Graff)
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