The Iranian Navy sent a destroyer to the Red Sea. The Alborz, operating as a ship of the Iranian Navy’s 94th Flotilla, passed through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea today. This was reported by the Tasnmi news agency, associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Iranian Navy has established three commands that oversee naval missions in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. In a meeting with several commanders and officers of the Iranian Navy in November 2022, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, recalls Tasnmi, highlighted the need for the Navy to strengthen and maintain its presence in international waters. The leader also highlighted the need for the Navy to increase its combat capabilities and defense equipment and continue to sail in remote and international waters.
Iran’s security council met with the spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi rebels, responsible for attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea in conjunction with the war between Israel and Hamas. Iranian news agency IRNA reported this on Telegram. The meeting, which took place yesterday, brought together the president of the Iranian Security Council, Rear Admiral Ali Akbar Ahmadian, and the Houthis’ spokesman, Mohammed Abdel Salam, who discussed “common interests and regional security issues”. According to the Iran Nuances website, the meeting took place in Tehran. As secretary-general of the Security Council, Ahmadian represents the interests of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all strategic issues. The Council can make decisions even without Parliament’s approval, but it needs Khamenei’s approval.
Source: IL Tempo

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