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CAIRO—
U.S. Defense Department spokesman Colonel Steven Warren says U.S. warships have stopped accompanying U.S. and British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The move came after Iran threatened to close the waterway to U.S. and allied vessels.
The threat to close the Strait of Hormuz follows an announcement last week by Iran’s naval commander, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, that his country would hold maneuvers in the Persian Gulf in the near future.
The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami, told state TV Wednesday that Iran would close the strait to U.S. and allied commercial vessels if it came under threat.
The general said that if the United States and its regional allies want to go through the Strait of Hormuz and threaten Iran, it will not allow their ships to enter the area. He added that the United States should learn from recent history, presumably alluding to Iran’s brief detention of a 10-member U.S. Navy crew last January.
He referred to the 1982 UN Convention on the law of the sea, saying “under the convention, we have to counter any harmful and ill-intended passage through Strait of Hormuz. We warn the US and its allies against any threatening passage through Hormuz, for if it ever happens, we will have no other choice but act according to the 1982 Convention .”
Salami called on the US to exercise wisdom and political prudence in their actions and avoid imposing excessive and unnecessary pressure on the Iranian nation.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told a gathering Sunday “the Persian Gulf is Iran’s home” and that his “great nation has a right to be there.” He went on to urge the United States to conduct its own naval maneuvers “in the Bay of Pigs.”
Strait of Hormuz
A resolution passed in the U.S. Congress last week stating that Iran has “undermined the stability in the Gulf,” increasing the danger of an “inadvertent conflict,” is reportedly what angered Iran’s leaders.
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apparently Mr spokesman has said what he shouldn't, so VOA removed the news from it's website later, still you can find it by searching in google. anyway as our leader said, they better to look for the bay of pigs!
U.S. Defense Department spokesman Colonel Steven Warren says U.S. warships have stopped accompanying U.S. and British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The move came after Iran threatened to close the waterway to U.S. and allied vessels.
The threat to close the Strait of Hormuz follows an announcement last week by Iran’s naval commander, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, that his country would hold maneuvers in the Persian Gulf in the near future.
The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami, told state TV Wednesday that Iran would close the strait to U.S. and allied commercial vessels if it came under threat.
The general said that if the United States and its regional allies want to go through the Strait of Hormuz and threaten Iran, it will not allow their ships to enter the area. He added that the United States should learn from recent history, presumably alluding to Iran’s brief detention of a 10-member U.S. Navy crew last January.
He referred to the 1982 UN Convention on the law of the sea, saying “under the convention, we have to counter any harmful and ill-intended passage through Strait of Hormuz. We warn the US and its allies against any threatening passage through Hormuz, for if it ever happens, we will have no other choice but act according to the 1982 Convention .”
Salami called on the US to exercise wisdom and political prudence in their actions and avoid imposing excessive and unnecessary pressure on the Iranian nation.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told a gathering Sunday “the Persian Gulf is Iran’s home” and that his “great nation has a right to be there.” He went on to urge the United States to conduct its own naval maneuvers “in the Bay of Pigs.”
Strait of Hormuz
A resolution passed in the U.S. Congress last week stating that Iran has “undermined the stability in the Gulf,” increasing the danger of an “inadvertent conflict,” is reportedly what angered Iran’s leaders.
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apparently Mr spokesman has said what he shouldn't, so VOA removed the news from it's website later, still you can find it by searching in google. anyway as our leader said, they better to look for the bay of pigs!
