IRGC Navy warns military vessels of 'firm response' to attempts at crossing Strait of Hormuz
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy has warned military vessels of a "firm response" to their potential attempts at passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The Navy delivered the warning in a statement on Saturday, asserting that it "exercises full, intelligent control" over the strategic waterway.
"Permission to transit, in accordance with specific regulations, is granted exclusively to non-military vessels," it noted.
The Navy categorically rejected reports claiming passage of American vessels through the strait, and reiterated that any such attempt would be met with "a decisive and forceful response."
Spokesman of the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters refutes CENTCOM's claims that American vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that permission of passage of any vessel through the strait lies in the hands of the Iranian Armed Forces. pic.twitter.com/3TRpLqcRbn
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Iran shut the strait down to adversaries and their allies after the United States and the Israeli regime launched their latest wave of unprovoked aggression towards the Islamic Republic.
Each year, the waterway hosts 20 percent of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) transit and 25 percent of seaborne oil trade.
Closing it sent shockwaves throughout global energy markets, including in the United States, where gas prices skyrocketed and prompted nationwide resentment at the ruling administration.
On Tuesday, amid the Islamic Republic's strict implementation of the restriction and its successive waves of retaliatory strikes against American and Israeli targets throughout the region, US President Donald Trump announced agreeing to a two-week lull in American attacks targeting the country.
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Also on Friday, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's highest operational command, cited Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as saying that Iran would enter the waterway's management procedure into a "new stage" following the aggression.
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