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One of the five military vessels from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps that approached a U.S. warship hosting one of America’s top generals on a day trip through the Strait of Hormuz is pictured in this July 11, 2016 handout photo. US Navy/Handout via REUTERS
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Iranian naval vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters.
Iranian Commander Warns to Close Strait of Hormuz to U.S.
The deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday Iranian forces will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the United States and its allies if they “threaten” Tehran. “Americans should learn from recent historical...Caption:
File photo of the MV Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, the world’s biggest container ship, arriving at the harbour of Rotterdam August 16, 2013. (Reuters)
Iran says Maersk ship released, has left its territorial waters: ISNA
Ankara, Reuters—Iran has released a Marshall-Islands flagged container ship and its crew which were seized last month in one of the world’s major oil shipping lanes, the Students News Agency ISNA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying on Thursday. The...Caption:
The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in the Atlantic Ocean. (Reuters/Aaron Chase/US Navy/Handout)
Heightened tensions in Gulf as Iran seizes ship, bypasses Yemen air blockade
Washington, DC and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Pentagon on Tuesday accused Iran of “provocative behavior” after the naval wing of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the...Caption:
Supporters of Shi’ite al-Houthi rebel group shout slogans during demonstration against military shake-up carried out by Yemen’s President Hadi, in Sanaa. (R)