{"id":15112,"date":"2024-02-05T12:46:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/iran-issues-warning-to-us-about-possible-attacks-on-2-cargo-ships-suspected-of-spy-activities\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T12:46:33","slug":"iran-issues-warning-to-us-about-possible-attacks-on-2-cargo-ships-suspected-of-spy-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/iran-issues-warning-to-us-about-possible-attacks-on-2-cargo-ships-suspected-of-spy-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran issues warning to US about possible attacks on 2 cargo ships suspected of spy activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian officials warned the U.S. on Sunday about possibly targeting two cargo ships in the Middle East that are suspected of being spy ships for the country.<\/p>\n

The warning was issued after forces from the U.S. and U.K. launched an airstrike offensive against Houthi rebels located in Yemen.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported that the statement from Iran referred to the Behshad and Saviz ships, which are both registered commercial cargo ships with a company based in Tehran, which the U.S. Treasury sanctioned as a front for the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.<\/p>\n

The statement also appeared to show Tehran\u2019s increasing uneasiness with the U.S. strike in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, which targeted militias backed by the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

The attacks ordered by President Biden were in response to the killing of three U.S. soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others in Jordan. Attacks on U.S. troops and facilities in the Middle East have also increased since the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip intensified after Hamas\u2019 invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

The U.S. continues to claim it is not looking for a war in the Middle East and is there to ensure the war between Hamas and Israel does not spread across the region.<\/p>\n

U.S. and coalition forces launched more than two dozen strikes on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday, targeting 13 locations with deeply buried storage facilities, missile systems, launchers, air defense systems and radars, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.<\/p>\n

After the attacks, the Houthis did not provide an assessment of the damage, though they issued a statement.<\/p>\n

\u2018These attacks will not discourage Yemeni forces and the nation from maintaining their support for Palestinians in the face of Zionist occupation and crimes,\u2019 Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said. \u2018The aggressors\u2019 airstrikes will not go unanswered.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Behshad and Saviz are suspected of being spy ships for Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, as both ships have loitered in the Red Sea off Yemen for years.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia described the Saviz in 2017 as a maritime base and weapons transfer point for the Revolutionary Guard. The ship was staffed by men in military fatigues, and Saudi-owned television stations showed the ship with what looked to be a machine bolted to the deck of the ship and covered.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s regular army issued a statement in a video on Sunday, which, according to The Associated Press, has a narrator describing the two vessels as \u2018floating armories.\u2019<\/p>\n

The narrator also reportedly describes the Behshad as an aid for countering piracy in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,\u2019 though Iran is not known to have been part of any campaigns recently against Somali piracy in the region, at least publicly.<\/p>\n

Before the U.S. launched its attacks, the Behshad moved south into the Gulf of Aden, and it is now docked in Djibouti in East Africa, near a Chinese Military base.<\/p>\n

The video statement ends with images of U.S. warships, an American flag and a warning.<\/p>\n

\u2018Those engaging in terrorist activities against Behshad, or similar vessels jeopardize international maritime routes, security and assume global responsibility for potential future international risks,\u2019 the video stated.<\/p>\n

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital on the matter.<\/p>\n

The Saviz is reportedly in the Indian Ocean near the location where the U.S. claims Iranian drone attacks have targeted ships.<\/p>\n

The same ship, in 2021, had a hole blown through its hull by a possible mine explosion in an attack suspected to have been carried out by Israel. The ship ultimately returned to its port.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n\n

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