U.S. General: Iran forces acting without supreme leader poses 'greatest threats' at sea
's Central Command has pinned a number of ongoing attacks against international oil tankers on Iran, but argued that the operations were directed by lower-level military officials, not the country's leadership.
During remarks at a virtual event hosted Tuesday by the American Enterprise Institute, CENTCOM commander General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. referred to to group as"a very effective tool for us" in countering threats at sea, including those posed by the Revolutionary Guard acting independently of higher command.
"Luckily, our guys are pretty good," McKenzie added."Our sailors are very well-trained, they're very capable, they're very mature and they're able to de-escalate these situations, which is what you always seek to do when you do that." In a previously unpublished recording leaked to the United Kingdom-based Iran International outlet and published earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed there were limits to the constraints of civilian government on military activities.
"This conversation was recorded only for recording in the organizational memory of the government and was not intended to be published," Khatibzadeh said,"and it is not clear by whom and with what goals and intentions it was selectively published in cyberspace."
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