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IRGC accuses US of hindering Hormuz reopening, threatens ‘crushing response’ if it continues
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Navy says US attacks on Iran and intervention in redirecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupting the strategic waterway’s gradual reopening and jeopardizing the interests of countries benefiting from it.
The Guards add that transit capacity under Iran’s supervision has recovered to about 50% of prewar levels over the past two weeks, and that transit capacity is only being expanded for vessels granted permits to use routes designated by Iran.
They warn that any further US intervention would draw a “crushing response.”
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