Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal

Two Iranian warships are on their way to the Suez Canal with the view to pass it through, reported Thursday Iran's governmental TV channel Press TV referring to the national navy. 

According to the representative of Iranian Navy, official Tehran had discussed the forthcoming passage with Egyptian agencies authorized to allow naval ships passing the canal, and received no objections. 

Earlier on, Reuters quoted representative of Suez Canal administration Ahmed Al-Manahli saying that Iranian warships had not passed the canal on Thursday and were not in the Friday's passage list. 

Iran deploys two warships to Mediterranean

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday called the fact of two Iranian warships heading to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal a "provocation."

In a speech before the leaders U.S. Jewish organization in Jerusalem, Lieberman said that the two Iranian warships would pass through the Suez Canal overnight and then head to Syria, a country with which Israel is formally at war.

Lieberman referred that the deployment of the warships was "a provocation that proves Iran's nerve and self-esteem is growing from day to day."