Iran will never allow US military vessels to enter the Persian Gulf, the country’s top military commander has warned, saying US naval forces are no longer capable of approaching the waters surrounding the strategic waterway.
Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, made the remarks while pointing to successive US military defeats in West Asia.
He said Iran’s Armed Forces have rendered the US Navy ineffective, despite Washington’s portrayal of the force as a symbol of American power and its use to threaten countries in the region and beyond.
“The US president must only dream of their military and army entering the Persian Gulf again. They will take this wish to their graves,” Abdollahi said.
“We will under no circumstances and at no time allow rusty US military vessels to enter the Persian Gulf,” he added.