U.S. Navy Intercepts More Than 2,000 Assault Rifles Shipped from Iran

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The rifles were en route to the Houthis. Iran’s terror proxy in Yemen. But the Biden Administration will still not resume President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran. The Republican House of Representatives must act.

U.S. Navy Intercepts More Than 2,000 Assault Rifles Shipped from Iran

By DVIDS, January 10th, 2022

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MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. naval forces intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 6, and discovered it smuggling 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles while transiting international waters along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.

A U.S. Navy boarding team from patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) initially discovered and seized the weapons with support from USS Monsoon (PC 4) and guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68). The intercepted vessel, which was sailing on a route historically used to traffic illicit cargo to the Houthis in Yemen, was crewed by six Yemeni nationals.

The direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Houthis violates U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216 and international law. The transfer of the vessel and its crew for repatriation is in progress.

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