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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has established a voluntary unit with scope to carry out marine military operations, according to a top commander, according to the Iran International news outlet.
Local sailors will be allowed to carry out missions on vessels armed with rockets, said IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, adding that the naval Basij has been organized after the successful formation of the maritime Basij in the Persian Gulf.
According to local reports, he said the maritime Basij in the Persian Gulf includes 55,000 voluntary forces with 33,000 vessels, noting that the second phase will be established in the Caspian Sea.
Tangsiri said the naval Basij involves large boats and launches that can sail as far as Tanzania. The shadow navy will have a presence in a series of coastal villages in southern Iran which have been equipped with military vessels.
“The Basij forces use those vessels that are furnished with weapons such as 107mm rockets, and fire them when necessary,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Houthis said they would ‘sink’ US warships.
“We have capabilities to sink your fleet, your submarines, your warships,” a top Houthi official said, according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency. “The Red Sea will be your graveyard.”
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has established a voluntary unit with scope to carry out marine military operations, according to a top commander, according to the Iran International news outlet.
Local sailors will be allowed to carry out missions on vessels armed with rockets, said IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, adding that the naval Basij has been organized after the successful formation of the maritime Basij in the Persian Gulf.
According to local reports, he said the maritime Basij in the Persian Gulf includes 55,000 voluntary forces with 33,000 vessels, noting that the second phase will be established in the Caspian Sea.
Tangsiri said the naval Basij involves large boats and launches that can sail as far as Tanzania. The shadow navy will have a presence in a series of coastal villages in southern Iran which have been equipped with military vessels.
“The Basij forces use those vessels that are furnished with weapons such as 107mm rockets, and fire them when necessary,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Houthis said they would ‘sink’ US warships.
“We have capabilities to sink your fleet, your submarines, your warships,” a top Houthi official said, according to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency. “The Red Sea will be your graveyard.”