CENTCOM Rejects Iran's Claims: US Forces Help Ship 19 Million Barrels of Oil
- CENTCOM rejected the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ claim that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, saying U.S. forces and regional partners control it.
- CENTCOM said U.S. forces helped Gulf partners move more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the strait on Monday.
- The U.S. military said it disabled four commercial vessels and turned back 135 ships during three months of enforcing a naval blockade against Iran.
- CENTCOM also said U.S. forces destroyed 10 tankers linked to the IRGC’s shadow shipping network during the same period.
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The U.S. Central Command claims that the U.S. military helped the Gulf countries transport oil.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has rejected claims by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that it controls the Strait of Hormuz and will sink approaching U.S. Navy warships.
US rejects Iran’s claim of control over Strait of Hormuz
The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) on Tuesday rejected claims by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that it controls the Strait of Hormuz and would sink any approaching US Navy warships.
The U.S. Navy reported to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) over the past 24 hours that it had been passing through the Ormous Tankers carrying more than 19 million barrels of oil. "The U.S. forces and their regional partners are in full control of the Strait of Ormuz.
The US command claims that the US and its partners control the Strait of Hormuz, and rejects Iranian accusations of harming civilian ship crews. It says its forces helped move more than 19 million barrels of oil through the strait in one day The post CENTCOM Stings: "The Revolutionary Guards Navy Commander Has No Navy" appeared first on JDN.
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