From ABC. Seems the U.S. military's view is about the same as mine
A spokesperson for the Department of Defense said that Iran is "obviously" free to take their ships into international waters halfway around the world but questioned the country's ability or willingness to do so.
"There is freedom of the high seas," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters today. "Now whether they can truly project naval power beyond the region is another question in and of itself... I wouldn't read too much into what came out of Iran today."
"What is said and what is actually done can be two different things," he said.
White House spokesman Jay Carney was even more blunt in his assessment, saying, "We don't take these statements seriously."
The Iranian commander made the comments at the same Tehran ceremony where another top naval commander
reportedly said the country had denied a recent request from the U.S. to establish a direct "hotline" between the two countries.
"We would establish direct contact with the United States if we would ever go to the Gulf of Mexico," Ali Fadavi, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy, said.