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Archive photo · 5 July 2004IRGC Spokesman Hossein Mohebbi Warns Strait Of Hormuz Violators Of Drifting Mines
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Strait of Hormuz fully under IRGC Navy control; violators may encounter drifting mines. IRGC says mines await violators; noncompliant vessels face fate beyond collision.
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IRGC mine warning
An IRGC spokesperson warned that vessels violating rules in the Strait of Hormuz may encounter drifting sea mines in the high-risk area of the waterway. Mehr News Agency reported that IRGC Spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said the Strait of Hormuz is fully under IRGC Navy control, and any vessel violating its rules risks hitting mines in the high-risk zone.
“Our forces maintain a military presence in the strait, which will remain closed until our conditions are met.”
The IRGC spokesperson emphasized that Iran’s control of the strait is evident in its global impact, including oil shortages, depleted reserves in Europe and the US, and prices still far above pre-war levels. The IRGC spokesperson maintained, "Our forces maintain a military presence in the strait, which will remain closed until our conditions are met."
Control and closure
The IRGC spokesperson framed the Strait of Hormuz as entirely under IRGC Navy control, and the spokesperson said any noncompliant vessel will face a fate other than colliding with drifting mines in the danger zone. Mehr News Agency said Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi pointed to Iran’s control as evident in oil shortages and prices still far above pre-war levels.
خبرپو described the IRGC spokesperson’s warning that any violator will face mines, while it also stated that "Forty percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz." The IRGC spokesperson also maintained that the strait would remain closed until conditions are met, as the warning tied mine risk to enforcement of the rules.
Broader implications
Nournews said the IRGC Navy reported that a tanker caught fire after an explosion, bringing to three such incidents on vessels attempting to pass through unauthorized routes in the Strait of Hormuz, since early hours of Sunday. Nournews also said the Iranian Army Navy said a tanker caught fire and was disabled after striking a sea mine east of the Strait of Hormuz.
Mehr News Agency asserted that IRGC Spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said the strait would remain closed until the IRGC’s conditions are met, linking the closure to the spokesperson’s mine warning. خبرپو added that developments in the Strait of Hormuz were described as directly linked to Iran’s financial security, as it cited the secretary of the Expediency Council’s secretariat.