Deputy Commander of Air Defense Operations in Iran, Reza Haj, confirmed today, Friday, that the army's radars detected F-35 aircraft over the Gulf waters during the past week.
"In the past days, several American F-35s flew over the waters of the Gulf, and from the moment they took off, they were fully tracked by our radars and all the radars in the south of the country followed these aircrafts immediately," said Reza Hajj.
A few days ago, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet announced the arrival of more than 3,000 US soldiers in the Red Sea on board the warships "USS Bataan" and "USS Carter Hall".
The arrival of these forces comes in an active context previously announced to strengthen the American presence in the Middle East.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency