"Iran will not repeat this warning. An enemy aircraft carrier has moved into the Sea of Oman because we hold military exercises there. I suggested and stressed that the American aircraft carriers were not returned to the Persian Gulf," said Army Chief of Staff Brigadier General Ataollah Salehi Iran to the official news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
Salehi is the carrier USS John C. Stennis is (CVN-74), one of the newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier mainstay of the U.S. Navy (U.S. Navy). The ship, accompanied by missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay, last week moved out of the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman and the region that is being used for large-scale military exercises Iranian Navy.
Parties to the U.S. Defense Department said the cruise ship is sailing a routine that has been scheduled in advance, and had nothing to do with Iran's military exercises.
U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, an island nation located in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. has always put at least one aircraft carrier battle groups in and near the Persian Gulf at all times to keep track of the world's supply of essential oil.
Not yet known whether the USS John C. Stennis is scheduled to return to the Persian Gulf after carrying out the mission, called the U.S. Department of Defense to provide support to U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
The U.S. currently operates 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, each carrying an average of 64 aircraft of various types, including three squadrons of F/A-18 fighter aircraft variants.
The last two weeks, Iran and the U.S. threaten each other. After Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if the Western countries to apply the oil embargo, the U.S. retaliated with threats will not tolerate the action.
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