Iran’s Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, declared Iran’s ownership over parts of the South Pole with intentions to build a naval base there.
As it stands, the North and South Poles are free from international ownership.
Fox News asked the U.S. State Department if the recent unfrozen Irani funds could be used to set up the Antarctic base.
The spokesperson said the following:
“No. Iran’s funds held in Qatar may not be used for any activities in Antarctica,” the spokesperson said. “Those funds can only be used to purchase humanitarian goods, meaning food, medicine, medical devices and agricultural products.”
Which is bogus, of course.
Do they believe that Iran, of all countries, will respect these conditions?
Iran is going to use those funds for whatever they want.
Read more from Fox News here:
Iran’s Navy commander announced in a televised broadcast last fall that the regime owns Antarctica and will build a military operation in the South Pole.
“We have property rights in the South Pole. We have plan to raise our flag there and carry out military and scientific work,” Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said in late September, according to a translation by the Washington D.C.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
Iran’s naval saber-rattling is drawing new attention in response to the Iranian-backed militias that murdered three U.S. soldiers in Jordan last month.
Fox News Digital asked a U.S. State Department spokesperson if the recent American unfreezing of $6 billion in Iranian funds held in Qatar could be used by Iran to set up a base in Antarctica.
“No. Iran’s funds held in Qatar may not be used for any activities in Antarctica,” the spokesperson said. “Those funds can only be used to purchase humanitarian goods, meaning food, medicine, medical devices and agricultural products.”
Despite the clerical regime’s growing bellicosity in the Middle East and across the world, according to veteran Iran observers, the Biden administration released $6 billion in sanctions relief to Tehran’s rulers ahead of the Iran-backed Hamas massacre of 1,200 people Oct. 7 in southern Israel. Hamas slaughtered over 30 Americans during its invasion of Israel.
Biden should have never given those funds back to Iran.
It shows them that we are weak and willing to surrender to them.
Only thing they can claim is the a$$ kicking waiting for them! Camels are not good for Antartica!
Iran declares Antarctica its property in direct challenge to Biden, global treatyhttps://t.co/6lTW2VZKkk— Elder Max (@Patriot9_11) February 15, 2024
Is WWIII going to be over which country owns Antartica?
Iran declares Antarctica its property in direct challenge to Biden, global treaty https://t.co/YrbftuIMzK
— Scott Hendricks (@ConservativeAd5) February 15, 2024
The New York Post shares more:
In December, the Islamic Republic claimed it was building “smart” cruise missiles for its navy arsenal.
“It’s an arcane topic, but little lies between Iran’s coast outside the Persian Gulf and the eastern hemisphere side of Antarctica,” Jennifer Dyer, a retired commander of U.S. Naval Intelligence, told Fox News Digital.
“In theory, Iran could claim an interest in Antarctica similar to India’s, Australia’s, New Zealand’s, or Chile’s (or those of the U.K. and France, for that matter), with their island outposts in the southern hemisphere.
“I can say that raising the flag at the South Pole doesn’t carry any implications in international law. The Antarctic Treaty (which became effective in 1961) has a specific provision that no action by any nation after 1961 can be the basis of a territorial claim on the continent.”
“Iran isn’t a signatory to the treaty and might try to do frisky things in Antarctica,” Dyer noted. “Those things wouldn’t be recognized by other nations, at least as matters stand now. The U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, India, China, and Russia are all signatories to the treaty, as are Brazil, and Argentina, Chile, Australia, and New Zealand, the ‘jumping off’ nations closest to the continent.”
I would be surprised if Iran was able to build a base in Antarctica.
Regardless, we need to show Iran that we are not a force to be reckoned with.
President Trump would never let any of this fly.
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