Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to Build Statue of Abducted American Sailors

[Sally]

What a silly childish idea!!! Countries will have statues of their heroes, but not of those men they took captive. There must be statues (or a least plenty of pictures) of that crazy Ayatollah Khomeini throughout Iran. Can the Guards be satisfied with that?


Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to Build Statue of Abducted American Sailors

CBS

by MARY CHASTAIN19 Mar 201610

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard leaders have suggested the construction of a statue of the ten American sailors they captured in January.
“There are very many photographs of the major incident of arresting US Marines in the Persian Gulf in the media and we intend to build a symbol out of them inside one of our naval monuments,” declared Commander Ali Fadavi, head of the Guard’s naval forces.

He believes the statue will attract tourists.

Fadavi’s idea comes only days after officials in Iran alleged they seized over 13,000 pages of information from devices used by the U.S. sailors. Gen. Ali Razmjou, naval commander in the Guard, said his soldiers retrieved the materials from laptops and GPS devices. Previously, the regime said they had only taken “two digital SIM cards in satellite phones.”

American officials have not indicated if they know whether Iran possesses any classified information. Razmjou also claimed Iran has a right to these items “under international regulations.”

The Guard wants “to publish a book on the incident based on international reactions and coverage of the event.”

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[aris2chat]

when I read that the other day all I could think of the muggle statue in harry potter... "muggles in their place"

and Obama wanted relations with Iran?????

the abuse, then the images, now a statue?

Where is the IC when you need them? Busy with an ex congo VP

Iran's actions goes against all norms of prisoner treatment.

They should never have been taken, just pointed in the right the direction and given a good push.

Time to lock the bank accounts.....again

 

[waltky]

Navy commander relieved of command over Iran detention incident...

Navy Commander Fired in Connection with Iran Detention Incident
May 12, 2016 | The commanding officer of a West Coast-based Navy riverine squadron has been fired in the fallout from an investigation into an incident in which 10 sailors were briefly captured by Iranian forces earlier this year.

Cmdr. Eric Rasch, commanding officer of Coastal Riverine Squadron 3, was relieved today by Capt. Gary Leigh, the commander of Coastal Riverine Group 1 due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” according to a Navy release. Leigh made the decision to remove Rasch after reviewing a preliminary investigation into the incident that unfolded over Jan. 12-13. Two riverine boats carrying ten sailors from CRS-3 were apprehended by the Iranian military after they entered Iranian waters. Officials noted in the release that Rasch was the executive officer of the squadron at the time of the incident. The nine men and one woman detained were released less than 24 hours after their capture after Secretary of State John Kerry intervened on their behalf.

This picture released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, shows detained American Navy sailors in an undisclosed location in Iran.​

A timeline of events released by U.S. Central Command indicates that the riverine boats deviated course en route to a refueling mission during a transit from Kuwait to Bahrain. One boat had a mechanical issue in a diesel engine, which both boats stopped to address while in Iranian waters. It remains unclear how the boats entered Iranian waters and whether the crew knew where they were at the time. A command investigation into the incident was launched Jan. 14; it has been reviewed by senior Navy officials, but has not been released publicly. Capt. Stanfield Chien, prospective deputy of CRG-1, will take over command of the squadron in the wake of Rasch’s firing, according to the Navy release. It remains unclear if more firings will follow in the wake of the incident.

The Iranian government has attempted to leverage the events for a propaganda victory, disseminating video of a sailor appearing to apologize for venturing into Iranian waters to national media and publishing images of sailors on their knees in a position of surrender. Rasch enlisted in the Navy in 1989 and previously served as an electronic warfare officer in Iraq in 2008 and 2009, and as the executive officer of the Arleigh-Burke Class destroyer Sampson in 2010. His awards include a Bronze Star.

Navy Commander Fired in Connection with Iran Detention Incident | Military.com

 

[Roudy]

when I read that the other day all I could think of the muggle statue in harry potter... "muggles in their place"

and Obama wanted relations with Iran?????

the abuse, then the images, now a statue?

Where is the IC when you need them? Busy with an ex congo VP

Iran's actions goes against all norms of prisoner treatment.

They should never have been taken, just pointed in the right the direction and given a good push.

Time to lock the bank accounts.....again

And now we just found out that Obama and his administration were lying about the Iran during the negotiation process. But the leftist media refuses to mention yet another impeachable offense.