IRAN’S main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Saturday the Iranian armed forces are exercising management over the Strait of Hormuz with full authority, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Making the remarks in a statement, the headquarters stressed that for passage through the waterway, all vessels, including commercial ships and oil tankers, are required to solely travel through the routes designated by Iran and obtain permission from the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
The headquarters warned that Iran’s armed forces will respond to any action by military vessels to interfere in the strait’s management or disrupt traffic through it.
Meanwhile, the IRGC’s Navy said Saturday that 20 vessels crossed the strait within the past 24 hours in coordination with its forces and Iran’s maritime authorities, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Fars quoted officials of the IRGC’s Navy as saying that the vessels were granted permission to pass through the strait owing to their countries’ needs for commodities such as chemical fertilizers.
Xinhua
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