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Iran moves to establish new Oman-linked corridor around Strait of Hormuz

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei said Iran and Oman would soon sign an agreement on a new corridor covering the entrances and exits of the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian control.
  • Rezaei said Iran would soon declare a restricted area around the strait and blacklist any vessel entering without permission.
  • He also said Iran had tested an anti-ship missile on a U.S. warship 48 hours earlier and linked keeping the strait open to an end to U.S. attacks and sabotage.

Iran says it will soon declare a restricted area around the Strait of Hormuz and sign an agreement with Oman on a new corridor controlled by Tehran.

Soon, we will declare a restricted area around the Strait of Hormuz.

· Mohsen RezaeiRezaei described Iran’s planned restrictions around the strait.

Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks during a television program. He said the planned area would extend from the zone where the United States was imposing a naval blockade to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Any ship entering the newly declared area “without permission” would be placed on an Iranian blacklist, he warned.

Rezaei said Iran would tighten the measures it applies in the strait. He claimed those measures would have a greater impact than missile attacks. “We will commit to keeping the Strait of Hormuz open if the Americans do not carry out attacks and sabotage,” he said.

We will commit to keeping the Strait of Hormuz open if the Americans do not carry out attacks and sabotage.

· Mohsen RezaeiHe linked the strait’s continued openness to an end to U.S. attacks and sabotage.

He also discussed Iranian attacks on U.S. warships, saying, “48 hours ago, for the first time, we tested our anti-ship missile on a U.S. warship.” Rezaei argued that countries acting as mediators between Iran and the United States had been ineffective in ensuring implementation of a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries. He added that Iran was currently selling oil and collecting payment for it.

48 hours ago, for the first time, we tested our anti-ship missile on a U.S. warship.

· Mohsen RezaeiHe discussed Iran’s claims about attacks involving U.S. warships.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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