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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7408577" data-attributes="member: 92282">In the second military show in less than a month, Iran will hold a  new set of maneuvers in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the  Sea of Oman, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.Iran regularly  holds such military exercises but they are likely to heighten tensions,  coming at a time of a deepening standoff between the West and Tehran  over the country's controversial nuclear program."The massive  maneuvers dubbed Velayat-89 will show (Iran's) defensive and deterrent  naval power," Iranian Navy chief Adm. Habibollah Sayyari was quoted as  saying by the official IRNA news agency. Submarine and air force units  are also due to participate, he added.Sayyari also confirmed a  recent flyover by an Iranian surveillance jet and its close encounter  with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the semi-official Fars news agency  reported.Iran "has the right to conduct routine surveillance  flights," Fars quoted Sayyari as saying. He said the F-27 jet flew over  the U.S. vessel and "despite their objection, we persisted on our right"  to carry out the surveillance.Sayyari did not elaborate on the  time and location of the flyover.But a U.S. military official  said last week the U.S. Navy had a close encounter in international  waters of the Gulf of Oman. The official said the jet buzzed the USS  Eisenhower, coming within about 1,000 yards (meters) of the ship on  April 21. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was  not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.Iran's new war  games are to start Wednesday, said IRNA. Fars said the exercise will  last for eight days and cover a span of about 97,000 square miles  (250,000 square kilometers) of Iranian territorial waters.Iran's  Revolutionary Guard held five-day maneuvers in late April in the Persian  Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway for around 40 percent of  the world's oil and gas supplies.The exercises are intended to  show off the country's military might and act as a warning, should U.S.  or Israel consider a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The West  suspects Iran's nuclear programs is aimed at building an atomic bomb.  Iran denies the charge, saying it's for peaceful purposes, such as power  generation.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8w9jEuGdIs_8V7JE8IhdP10_i4gD9FFU6303" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/ap_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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