The top US Navy official in the Middle East, Vice Adm. Sam Paparo, said on Sunday that America has reached an “uneasy deterrence” with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea, The Associated Press reports.
Paparo, who oversees the Navy’s 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, struck an academic tone in comments to the annual Manama Dialogue hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He described having a “healthy respect” for both Iran’s regular navy and the naval forces of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
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