DAnd according to Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, “On July 5, an Iranian vessel attempted to illegally seize two merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.”
The official added that Iranian forces fired on a tanker in a “continuing threat”, so the US, “coordinating with partners and allies, is increasing its presence and monitoring capacity in the strait and strait waters”. neighborhoods,” he declared.
Singh called on Tehran to “immediately stop these disruptive actions that threaten the uninterrupted flow of trade through this strategic waterway”.
On Friday, a senior Pentagon official indicated that the US had sent close air support aircraft to the Gulf with munitions “effective against fast boats and moving targets” in response to “fast attacks on boats”.
In late April, the Iranian military seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker en route to the United States in the Gulf of Oman, and a week later, seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker. Strait of Hormuz.
Since the US withdrew in 2018 from an international deal curbing Iran’s nuclear program and reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic, incidents in the Gulf, a vital shipping area for global oil, have escalated. Dept.
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