U.S. monitoring Iranian warships that may be headed to Venezuela

The U.S. national security community ismonitoring two Iranian naval vessels whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela, according to three people familiar with the situation, in what would be a provocative move at a tense moment in U.S.-Iran relations. An Iranian frigate and the Makran, a former oil tanker that was converted to a floating forward staging base, have been heading south along the east coast of Africa, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject. By B. Woodruff Swan et al. Full Text -> Politico

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