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Iranian official denies Revolutionary Guards plan to hold Strait of Hormuz live-fire exercises
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An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz May 19, 2023. (Jon Gambrell/AP)
The naval forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have no plan to carry out live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz as reported by some media outlets earlier this week, an Iranian official tells Reuters.
Iran’s state-run Press TV reported on Thursday that the force would carry out the exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on February 1 and February 2.
“There was no plan for the Guards to hold military exercises there and there was no official announcement about it. Only media reports, which were wrong,” the official says.
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