The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned vessels against using alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz, saying the waterway\u2019s entrances and exits are under its \u201cabsolute control,\u201d after a vessel caught fire.<\/p>\n
Tehran-IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement early Wednesday, the IRGC said three vessels had attempted to pass through an unsafe route in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that one of them caught fire while the other two quickly turned back.<\/p>\n \u201cThe IRGC Navy stresses that the Strait of Hormuz is under our control and will remain completely closed as long as US acts of aggression in the region continue. No oil tanker will be allowed to enter or leave, and any vessel that falls for US deception and attempts to pass through without coordinating with the Islamic Republic of Iran will suffer the same fate,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n The IRGC also urged the United States to stop \u201cacts of aggression\u201d in the sensitive region and warned against endangering commercial shipping and global energy security.<\/p>\n \u201cEnd these interventions, which will only lead to an energy crisis and a shortage of agricultural fertilizers around the world. These mischiefs will bring you nothing but further discredit and an irreversible defeat that you will soon have to face.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier, the IRGC Navy issued a stern warning to vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, urging them to use only routes designated by Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cThe entrances and exits of the Strait of Hormuz are clearly defined and under our absolute control,\u201d the IRGC Navy said, adding: \u201cThese alternative routes are unsafe and dangerous. We warn against using them, as doing so will have serious and irreversible consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned vessels against using alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz, saying the waterway\u2019s entrances and exits are under its \u201cabsolute control,\u201d after a vessel caught fire. Tehran-IranView24 In a statement early Wednesday, the IRGC said three vessels had attempted to pass through an unsafe route in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,41,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political","category-defense-and-security","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7030,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions\/7030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}