Carter called on Tehran to avoid "fueling" the conflict by sending arms shipments.
For his part, US President Barack Obama said the United States has warned Iran of sending weapons to Yemen could be used to threaten marine navigation in the Gulf.
Washington and published this week, additional warships off the coast of Yemen, for reasons including the possibility of intercepting a convoy of Iranian cargo ships in the Arabian Sea.
Carter acknowledged that US warships move gives President Barack Obama the "Options" but he declined to say whether the United States might try to intercept Iranian cargo ships if necessary.
The 34 Iranian fleet, which includes devastating "Alborz" and Helicopter carrier "Bushehr" may incursion into the waters of the Gulf of Aden, Wednesday, April 22 / April, after the 33 fleet return to Iran after the 77 days he spent there.
The news agency "Knight," the Iranian news commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari as saying that "the presence of the Iranian naval forces in international waters fleet, including the Gulf of Aden, aim to ensure commercial ships and oil tankers as well as anti-piracy security."
However, Sayari asserted that Tehran has no plans regarding the possible spread of military ships near Yemen, and expressed "hope that the provision of security in the Gulf of Aden with the help of international forces." According to the agency, "Knight", the 34 fleet will spend about three months in the Gulf of Aden.
It is noteworthy that Washington had Monday Hammelt moving aircraft "Theodore Roosevelt" towards the coast of Yemen to monitor the convoy Iranian ships.
A spokesman for the US Department of Defense Stephen Warren has denied the possibility of intercepting Iranian ships and inspected by the US authorities, noting that this task lies primarily with the countries of the region at the forefront of Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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