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Iran has warned the US not to target one of their ships passing targeting info to the Houthis.<\/p>\n
The clip describes Behshad as a \u201cfloating armoury\u201d involved in missions to \u201ccounteract piracy in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iran is not known to have taken part in any recent anti-piracy campaigns in the region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
One suspects that if you ask the Iranians, they feel the US is the biggest pirate in the area and they
are too chicken-shit <\/del>\u00a0practicing restraint in not sending all of our ships to the bottom.
\n(Please, no giggling during the performance.)<\/p>\nOn Sunday, a video shared on the Iranian army\u2019s Telegram channel put out a stark warning against \u201cthose engaging in terrorist activities against the MV Behshad or similar vessels, jeopardise international maritime routes, security, and assume global responsibility for potential future international risks\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, analyst Michael Knights of pro-Israel think tank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said: \u201cThe ships pretend to be anti-piracy garrison ships that Iranian and Syrian shipping can visit, but actually they are transshipment points for Iranian weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Behshad and its sister vessel Safiz are also loaded with Iranian electronic intelligence equipment used to locate target vessels for the Houthis to strike,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
According to shipping tracking data, the vessel had remained in the same area south of the Red Sea between Yemen and Eritrea since January 2023. Maybe they’re lost?<\/p>\n