{"id":492584,"date":"2021-05-10T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492584"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:50:53","slug":"navy-seizes-iranian-weapons-shipment-as-biden-administration-seeks-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-seizes-iranian-weapons-shipment-as-biden-administration-seeks-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons Shipment as Biden Administration Seeks New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnavy-seizes-iranian-weapons-shipment-as-biden-administration-seeks-new-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.035398230088\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">U.S. forces have interdicted similar shipments bound for Iran-backed Houthi rebels<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"  style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 May 10, 2021 1:36 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"67.5\">\n<p><span>The U.S. Navy last week seized thousands of weapons aboard an Iranian ship likely bound for Yemen to arm Houthi militants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\">A Coast Guard team launched from the USS <i>Monterey\u00a0<\/i><\/span>flagged down and boarded the ship in the Arabian Sea for a routine flag verification and discovered thousands of Chinese rifles and dozens of Russian missiles, the Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/News-Stories\/Article\/2600834\/uss-monterey-seizes-illicit-weapons-in-the-north-arabian-sea\/\">announced<\/a> Saturday. An American defense official told the Associated Press the ship is of Iranian origin. Lt. Cmdr. Pete Pagano, a spokesman for the Navy&#8217;s Fifth Fleet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/10\/middleeast\/us-navy-seizes-weapons-arabian-sea-intl-hnk-scli-ml\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/10\/middleeast\/us-navy-seizes-weapons-arabian-sea-intl-hnk-scli-ml\/index.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1620747759221000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGY2KEMMvCIuiYhHNVcr1QN9C7q7A\">told<\/a> CNN Monday that the Navy has interdicted similar arms shipments in the area that were headed to Houthi militants. Navy officials are investigating the origin and intent of the confiscated weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons seizure occurs as the Biden administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/major-sanctions-relief-on-table-for-iran-state-dept-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/major-sanctions-relief-on-table-for-iran-state-dept-says\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1620753995435000&#038;usg=AFQjCNHE0Dw2UXv8MGuRdL57WvAceoh-Ug\">lays out<\/a> major concessions to Iran in hopes of rejoining the controversial 2015 nuclear deal. Iran has given no indication it will alter its aggressive behavior even as the White House works to reenter the agreement with the country.<\/p>\n<p><span>Tim Michetti, an expert on illicit arms trafficking, said the seized weapons match a pattern of other shipments originating from the Islamic Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The unique blend of materiel recovered by the USS <em>Monterey<\/em> appears to be consistent with the materiel from previous interdictions, which have been linked to Iran,&#8221; Michetti said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The shipment also comes as Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalate their campaign against the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. In April, Houthi operatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/yemens-houthis-say-fired-drone-southern-saudi-air-base-2021-04-28\/\">launched<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Houthi-Rebels-Strike-Aramco-Oil-Facilities-With-Drones-And-Missiles.html\">attacks<\/a> on a Saudi Air Force base and oil field. The rebels have stonewalled peace negotiations and refused to meet with a United Nations envoy last week.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after the Biden administration removed the Houthis&#8217; terror designation in February, the Iran-backed militia group <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/houthis-bomb-civilian-airport-days-after-biden-removes-terrorist-designation\/\">bombed<\/a> a civilian airport in Saudi Arabia. Tim Lenderking, the Biden administration&#8217;s lead diplomat on the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-says-iran-support-yemens-houthis-significant-lethal-2021-04-21\/\">said<\/a> last month that Iran continues to provide &#8220;significant\u2019 and &#8220;lethal&#8221; support for the rebels. The United States provided military aid to Saudi forces in the conflict until the Biden administration pulled support in February.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security U.S. forces have interdicted similar shipments bound for Iran-backed Houthi rebels  Getty Images  Jack Beyrer \u2022 May 10, 2021 1:36 pm &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277685,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons Shipment as Biden Administration Seeks New Deal","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1200800558-1_736x514-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons Shipment as Biden Administration Seeks New Deal","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}