The Iranian military rejects claims by the US that ships are transiting the Strait of Hormuz normally, insisting that no ship can pass through without Tehran’s permission, Al Jazeera reports.
“The Strait of Hormuz, as in the past, remains under the full management and control of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” says Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfghari, according to state media.
“No commercial vessel or oil tanker can or will have safe passage through the Strait without the permission and supervision of Iran’s powerful Armed Forces.”
