A Ghader missile is launched from the area near the Iranian port of Jask, on the shore of the Gulf of Oman, during an Iranian navy drill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jamejam Online, Azin Haghighi)
A Ghader missile is launched from the area near the Iranian port of Jask, on the shore of the Gulf of Oman, during an Iranian navy drill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jamejam Online, Azin Haghighi)
** FILE ** The Iranian navy patrols in the Sea of Oman, which is near the strategic oil shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo)
**FILE** Scott and Jean Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., who were killed by Somali pirates on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, after being taken hostage several hundred miles south of Oman, are pictured in an undated photo from the Del Rey Yacht Club. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Del Rey Yacht Club)
Protesters in Sanaa, Yemen, react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Oman on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
** FILE ** In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, file image made from video, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks on Yemen State Television. Yemeni officials say Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States. (AP Photo/Yemen State TV, File)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Iranian Navy personnel take part in their naval maneuvers dubbed Velayat 90 on the Sea of Oman, Iran, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ali Mohammadi)
A Ghader missile is launched Jan. 2, 2012, at the shore of sea of Oman during Iran's navy drill. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that the country's navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply. (Associated Press/Fars News Agency)
Iranian navy speed boats attend a drill in the Sea of Oman on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Iran's navy chief has reiterated for a second time in less than a week that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows. (AP Photo/IIPA, Ali Mohammadi)
