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Iran Says Seven Oil Tankers Burn Or Are Damaged In Strait Of Hormuz
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Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran says. Heightened fears of renewed conflict between Iran and regional powers.
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Tankers in Hormuz
Iran said seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or after striking naval mines, as Tehran warned fears of a return to all-out war. Danny Citrinowicz, a researcher at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, told The Associated Press that “Netanyahu wants to attack Iran, that’s not even a question,” and he accused Israel of rushing into another round without revamping its strategy.
Iran’s state television reported the claims about the latest attacks on ships, and the report cited the Revolutionary Guard Corps navy threatening to strike U.S. military bases in the region if the U.S. keeps helping to guide commercial ships through the strait. Abbas Araghchi told mediators on Wednesday that Tehran remains open to diplomacy while prepared to defend itself, and the report said Iran still asserts control over the waterway as a central point of leverage in talks with the U.S.
Diplomacy and escalation
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said, “Not a single gram of enriched uranium will be removed from Iran,” while he met Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir in Tehran. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi cautioned that the country faces threats of more attacks and expansive economic sanctions, and he said, “The reality is that the country is truly in war conditions and the war continues.”
Iran International said President Masoud Pezeshkian argued that threats and sanctions must be lifted in practice before conditions for negotiations could be established, while Revolutionary Guards spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said Iran would launch offensive operations against any country that attacked it. The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that there was still room for diplomacy over Iran and that an agreement with Tehran was needed.
Conditions for talks
Iran said it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the U.S. accepts its conditions, and Al Jazeera reported that mediators told Tehran the U.S. needed to build trust by accepting Iran’s conditions. Al Jazeera said the conditions include returning to the June memorandum of understanding and recognising an Iran-Oman deal over temporary transit in the Strait of Hormuz, and it said the memorandum included removing the U.S. naval blockade on southern Iranian ports.
Iran International reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to discuss the latest military and economic developments, and the meeting also addressed strengthening Iran's national capabilities and “advancing relations with strategic partners,” according to the reports. Iraqi government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said the Sheeb crossing, known as Chazabeh in Iran, was closed because it lacked sufficient technical, technological and developmental readiness, while Al Jazeera cited an Iraqi government official saying Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered Sheeb closed indefinitely.