Iran's IRGC says Strait of Hormuz cannot reopen while US 'threats' continue
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TEHERAN, (Iran): Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened as long as US threats and interference in regional maritime traffic continue, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
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It warned that continued "threats and interference" would make the situation "more difficult and complicated."
The IRGC claimed that two oil tankers, "at the instigation of US aircraft," attempted overnight to transit through what it described as an "unsafe route" south of the Strait of Hormuz.
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