Come through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean or not? The passage of two Iranian warships has been stopped temporarily, apparently after massive protests from Israel. The Iranian state television reports, however, Egypt has approved the passage. The affair of two Iranian naval ships in the Red Sea is becoming a diplomatic muddle.
Egypt had banned according to a report of the news channel al-Arabiya on Thursday, a passage of the Suez Canal. In the afternoon, the Iranian state television reported, however, the authorities in Egypt had "no objections" against the passage of the compound of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
The passage would therefore take place. As a source, a representative of the Iranian Navy was given a name was not mentioned by the TV station. According to a spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, there have been, however, been no request for a drive through the channel. 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 had said on Wednesday at a conference in Jerusalem, claims that the Iranian step "that hubris and audacity in Iran daily increase." The international community must "understand that Israel can not ignore these provocations forever," he warned.
At the same time threw Lieberman to 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. A White House spokesman said only that the United States observed the situation.
Egypt had banned according to a report of the news channel al-Arabiya on Thursday, a passage of the Suez Canal. In the afternoon, the Iranian state television reported, however, the authorities in Egypt had "no objections" against the passage of the compound of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
The passage would therefore take place. As a source, a representative of the Iranian Navy was given a name was not mentioned by the TV station. According to a spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, there have been, however, been no request for a drive through the channel. 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 had said on Wednesday at a conference in Jerusalem, claims that the Iranian step "that hubris and audacity in Iran daily increase." The international community must "understand that Israel can not ignore these provocations forever," he warned.
At the same time threw Lieberman to 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. A White House spokesman said only that the United States observed the situation.
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