The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)\u2019s Navy says Iranian forces exercise \u201ccomplete and decisive\u201d control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, rejecting statements by US officials that the waterway remains open. \u201cThe control exercised by the Islamic Republic\u2019s forces over the strategic Strait of Hormuz is complete and decisive,\u201d the IRGC Navy said in a statement on Friday. It described US officials\u2019 claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open as \u201can outright lie,\u201d saying they were intended \u201csolely to control oil prices and cover up their own defeats.\u201d The strait is closed to vessels seeking to transit without prior coordination with the Islamic Republic, the statement added. The IRGC Navy said the situation would remain in place until the end of the United States\u2019 \u201cterrorist army\u2019s aggression\u201d against the Islamic Republic and until the relevant obligations had been fulfilled. Iran closed the chokepoint following the launch of the latest bout of unprovoked American-Israeli aggression against the country on February 28. The Islamic Republic and the United States agreed on a 60-day reopening period as part of a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding in June, but American violations forced Tehran to reestablish the closure. Tehran has conditioned reopening of the waterway on realization of a number of prerequisites, including cessation of American interference in regional maritime traffic. On Tuesday, Iran\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs said the demands include the complete lifting of the US\u2019s illegal economic blockade against the Islamic Republic, durable cessation of aggression on all fronts, including Lebanon, and clarification of the situation concerning the blockade of Yemen. Gharibabadi attributed the enhanced position of the strait in Iran\u2019s view to the developments that took place following the launch of the unprovoked American-Israeli aggression. \u201cFollowing the 40-day war, the Strait of Hormuz has become a matter of Iran\u2019s national security,\u201d he said. The official was apparently referring to how Iran\u2019s adversaries and their allies would use the waterway to meet their military and economic needs at the same time as they were targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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