Egypt said on Friday two Iranian warships approved the passage through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean. This was announced by the Ministry of Defence in Cairo. Iran asserted that the two ships were unarmed. On Thursday, Egypt had denied reports that the ships would have to pass the canal from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
In addition, there had been conflicting reports regarding authorization from Cairo. According to Suez Canal Administration will receive all merchant ships a passage permission to as long as Egypt is not at war. For the passage of military ships, but a permit from the State Department was necessary.
This would normally be taken - often given very short notice. James Kraska of international law by the U.S. Naval War College, said as long as the Iranians have no aggressive operations in the territory to carry them like any other country the right to use the canal. Israel accuses the Iranian government, saying it provoked the deployment of the ships into the Mediterranean.
The Israeli army was on Thursday on possible steps not comment. The semi-official Iranian news agency Fars had reported in late January, Navy cadets have begun a one-year training, during which they would sail across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean.
Deployment of the ships planned in Syria? In Israel, it is assumed that the frigate Alvand "and the supply ship" Kharq "will be stationed for a year in a Syrian port. Why the Iranian vessels to hold exercises in the Mediterranean was not immediately clear. However, they came to the arch-enemy Israel and its ally Syria closer and Lebanon, where pro-Iranian Hezbollah has great influence.
The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused the international community not to be prepared to deal with the provocations from Tehran. Iran has sent since the Islamic revolution in 1979, no more war ships through the channel, reported the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
In addition, there had been conflicting reports regarding authorization from Cairo. According to Suez Canal Administration will receive all merchant ships a passage permission to as long as Egypt is not at war. For the passage of military ships, but a permit from the State Department was necessary.
This would normally be taken - often given very short notice. James Kraska of international law by the U.S. Naval War College, said as long as the Iranians have no aggressive operations in the territory to carry them like any other country the right to use the canal. Israel accuses the Iranian government, saying it provoked the deployment of the ships into the Mediterranean.
The Israeli army was on Thursday on possible steps not comment. The semi-official Iranian news agency Fars had reported in late January, Navy cadets have begun a one-year training, during which they would sail across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean.
Deployment of the ships planned in Syria? In Israel, it is assumed that the frigate Alvand "and the supply ship" Kharq "will be stationed for a year in a Syrian port. Why the Iranian vessels to hold exercises in the Mediterranean was not immediately clear. However, they came to the arch-enemy Israel and its ally Syria closer and Lebanon, where pro-Iranian Hezbollah has great influence.
The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused the international community not to be prepared to deal with the provocations from Tehran. Iran has sent since the Islamic revolution in 1979, no more war ships through the channel, reported the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
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