Israeli Foreign Ministry: Docking of Iranian warships in Brazil: ‘dangerous and regretful’

Israel National News reports: “Two Iranian warships docked in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after the Brazilian government granted permission despite pressure from the United States to bar them.

Rio’s port authority said in a statement that the IRIS Makran and IRIS Dena warships both arrived on Sunday morning,

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is calling out the Brazilian government for allowing the ships to dock in its port. ‘Israel sees the docking of Iranian warships in Brazil a few days ago as a dangerous and regretful development,’ the Foreign Ministry wrote in a statement.

‘Those ships were specifically designated by the United States only a few weeks ago, and they are part of the Iranian Navy, which works closely and synchronizes its actions with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy, a designated terrorist entity,’ the statement continued…”

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