Iran says it destroyed US navigation aids near Hormuz
Al Araby's report also cites damage to four vessels as Tehran ties freedom of navigation to Washington meeting its demands.
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التوتر البحري يبلغ أخطر مستوياته ومضيق هرمز يشهد التصعيد الأكبر.. فتيل انفجار رهين خطوة واحدة خاطئة
Tehran says it has destroyed American navigation-support systems on the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz, as a report describes another night of damage to commercial shipping in the strategic waterway.
Qatar-based Al Araby Television's correspondent Nael Abdel Latif reports that Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they have stopped what they call oil smuggling through the strait. The opening footage shows the force's speedboats at sea.
The report attributes to the Guards' naval force an account of four ships and oil tankers damaged by projectiles and naval mines in a single night. It separately cites the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency as reporting that a fourth tanker was damaged and caught fire, without casualties. That statement concerns the tanker incident, rather than establishing a casualty toll for all four vessels.
Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, with Iran to the north and Oman's Musandam Peninsula to the south. It is a crucial passage for tankers carrying oil out of the Gulf.
According to the report, Tehran is making the restoration of safe passage conditional on practical steps by Washington to meet Iranian demands. It refers to seven conditions without setting them out individually.
The closing sequence moves to Tehran's streets, showing anti-Trump banners and an American flag being burned. The report presents the maritime incidents alongside Iran's insistence that freedom of navigation remains part of its negotiations with the United States.
A waterway linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, between Iran to the north and Oman's Musandam Peninsula to the south.
More on Wikipedia ›One of Iran's two military forces, with branches including a navy, ground forces and the Quds Force. Its commander is appointed by and reports to Iran's supreme leader.
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