Timothy Hawkins added, in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “We will continue to work with our partners to deal with Iranian provocations”.
The US official explained that Iran was violating international law by seizing tankers. Emphasizing that this is an act contrary to the stability and security of Bahrain and necessary for international trade.
The US Navy announced earlier today on Wednesday that Iran had seized a Panamanian-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, in the second such incident in Tehran in recent days.
The US Navy has released images of guard ships surrounding the tanker.
“We join the international community in calling on the Iranian government and Iranian navy to immediately release the ship and its crew,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said.
The spokesperson added to reporters that “Iran’s intimidation of ships and its interference in the right of navigation in regional and international waters are against international law and lead to the disruption of stability and security. regional”.
For its part, Iran’s official Tasnim news agency said, “Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval forces have seized an offending foreign tanker in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” without mentioning the source.
And late last month, the US Navy said Iran had seized a tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands in the Gulf of Oman.
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