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US ‘cannot impose their will’ and block Hormuz, Iran’s deputy FM says
ANTALYA, Turkey — The United States “cannot impose their will” and block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s deputy foreign minister says, after Iran’s military declared the waterway closed again.
“Americans cannot impose their will to do a siege over Iran while Iran, with good intention, is trying to facilitate safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz,” Saeed Khatibzadeh tells journalists on the sidelines of an annual Turkish diplomatic forum in the southern province of Antalya.
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