Photos: Iran Responds to Trump’s Threats by Showing off Drone Carrier

Iranian officials on Thursday, February 6, staged ceremonies in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas for the official handover and commissioning of what they called the first mobile maritime platform for conducting drone and helicopter missions. The vessel was being highlighted for its “defense capabilities and deterrence,” while they said it would also permit Iran to conduct worldwide operations.

“Just as foreigners enter Iran’s territorial waters, we will also operate in distant waters in accordance with international laws,” asserted Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri. “We also have the right under international law to be present throughout the world’s waters, up to the edg…