U.S. Navy Hangs Back in Persian Gulf as Questions Mount About Defecting Iranian Revolutionary Guard

The U.S. Department of Defense is “on edge” over the turmoil in Iran, and has directed U.S. naval assets in the Persian Gulf to be, in layman’s terms, in “non-incident mode,” military officials told FOX News Monday.

Meanwhile, the former crown prince of Iran contended that members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are showing “discontent” and some are “contemplating the contingency” of defying the regime in the wake of the Islamic Republic’s disputed presidential election.

U.S. military commanders are said to have been instructed to be alert to any possibility of a clash with Iranian naval assets, and to position themselves in such a way as to diminish the ability of Iran to stage an incident, however small, that could be used to rally the support of the Iranian people to the regime and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose backers are accused of voter fraud in the national election 10 days ago.

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