
The US Army Central Command denied allegations by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy Commander Ali Azmaei that the Strait of Hormuz is under the control of the Revolutionary Guard, stressing that US forces and their regional partners clearly control the Strait, and that they helped their Gulf partners transport more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through it just yesterday.
AI-generated summary
The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic waterway for transporting crude oil from the Gulf states to the world, and it has witnessed repeated tensions between the United States and Iran over its control and freedom of navigation.
The US Army's Central Command responded to the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Naval Forces, Ali Azmaei, and what he said about controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
This was stated in a post by Central Command on the The Gulf Arabs shipped more than 19 million barrels of crude oil through the strait.
Azmaei had said in statements reported by the official Iranian news agency: “The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf are under the control of the Navy of the Revolutionary Guard, and the Sea of Oman is under the control of our brothers in the army of the Islamic Republic, which means that the blockade is located outside the Sea of Oman in the Arabian Sea.”
Azmaei stressed, according to the agency, that “the Revolutionary Guard Navy controls the Strait of Hormuz intelligently, which means that the number of ships that must obtain entry and exit permits from Iran, according to the hierarchy, will cross the Iranian waterway.”
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
US forces will increase naval patrols in the Strait of Hormuz to reinforce a message of control and deterrence
Likely · Within days
Iran may conduct naval exercises near the strait to demonstrate its capabilities and in response to US allegations
Possible · Within weeks

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