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Article: IRAN - Aug 4 - Iran Escalates Military Rhetoric.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- August 9, 2008
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Iran warns that it could easily close a critical Gulf waterway to oil shipments and said it had a new long-range naval weapon that could sink enemy ships nearly 200 miles away. The warning, by the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, followed the weekend expiration of an informal deadline for Iran to respond to incentives from six world powers to stop enriching uranium. The US, which has warships deployed in the Gulf, has said new sanctions should be imposed on Iran for failing to respond to the deadline. On Aug 4, a State Department official said the six powers - the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - had agreed to pursue new sanctions, but it remained ...