Iran grants Iraqi tankers safe Hormuz passage
Iran is granting several oil tankers from neighbouring Iraq passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the state news agency IRNA reported. The granting of a special permit is said to...
Iran has granted several Iraqi oil tankers a special permit to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA, as reported by the Qatar Tribune.
The development comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US, with Iran warning it would target countries that join US sanctions. According to Middle East Eye, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated that Tehran would consider countries that join the US economic pressure campaign as enemies.
Rezaei also warned that if neighbouring countries join the sanctions, Iran would block oil exports from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, and target other oil export routes.
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