Iran : Hormuz to Stay Closed
Tehran said the waterway will stay shut until Washington accepts its terms as separate shipping attacks raised concerns over the conflict.
- On Tuesday, the newly appointed secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed unless The United States accepts Iran's conditions to end the five-month-old war.
- Tensions escalated Tuesday as The United States and Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen reported separate attacks on shipping, while U.S. military forces disabled a vessel after it ignored warnings while sailing through the region.
- Global oil prices rose following these developments, and Yemen officials reported that 4 crew members were killed during an attack on a vessel in the vital shipping lane.
- Tehran's policy requires The United States to end the war and release frozen assets before reopening the waterway, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council demanded Tuesday.
- Handling one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas, the Strait of Hormuz remains a critical global chokepoint, making its closure a significant threat to global trade and security.
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Azmayi stated that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that maritime traffic in the region is completely under control.
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A senior Iranian official asserted on Thursday, August 13, that the Strait of Hormuz remained under Iranian control. Maritime traffic in the area has been at its lowest level for a week. Tehran warned that the passage would remain closed until the United States accepted all of Iran's demands. Washington, for its part, is maintaining its blockade in an attempt to weaken the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Dialogue appears to have reached a dea…
Iran claims control of Strait of Hormuz after Trump's remarksBasij commander Tayeb said the strait is under Iranian control, refuting US claims. Iran's PGSA agency confirmed the blockade until Tehran's conditions are met.
Can Iran’s ‘Asian friends’ reopen Hormuz when the US cannot?
For a fortnight beginning August 30, Tehran gets to feel wanted – first in Bishkek, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, then in New Delhi at the BRICS summit, Iran’s leadership will sit among presidents and prime ministers who need something from Tehran just as much as Tehran needs something from them: a reopened Strait […] The post Can Iran’s ‘Asian friends’ reopen Hormuz when the US cannot? appeared first on Asia Times.
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