An aircraft carrier belonging to the US Navy was identified in the area where the Velayat-90 drill is underway in south of the country.

An aircraft carrier belonging to the US Navy was identified in the area where the Velayat-90 drill is underway in south of the country, said the spokesman for the Iranian maneuver on Thursday.

The Iranian Navy’s Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi said the US carrier was identified by an Iranian warplane which was patrolling the area of naval exercises.

“This shows that the Iranian Navy keeps a close eye on the movements of all ultra-regional forces in the region and checks their activities,” said Mousavi.

The United States maintains strong naval presence in the Gulf, one of its most prominent elements is the Fifth Fleet based in the Strait of Hormuz in Bahrain.
Iran, which began Saturday ten-day naval war games in the Strait of Hormuz in the Sea of Oman and Indian Ocean, has waged a possible closure of the Strait should Western sanctions imposed against it to prevent Iran from exporting oil.