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ADNOC Tanker Hit
The United Arab Emirates condemned what it said was an Iranian missile attack on an ADNOC-linked tanker as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Tehran of "acts of piracy" while adding that no injuries were reported.
“accusing Tehran of "acts of piracy"”
UAE Foreign Ministry statements described the strike as a "hostile Iranian attack" on an ADNOC vessel, while Reuters reported that state news agency WAM initially said the situation was under control.
The UAE said the attack violated a U.N. Security Council resolution on freedom of navigation and accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of targeting commercial shipping and using the waterway as a tool of economic pressure.
ADNOC said on Friday that 15 of its vessels had been attacked by missiles and drones while transiting the strait since the start of the conflict, including three this week, killing one crew member and injuring 20 others.
About a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas passed through the narrow waterway between Oman and Iran prior to the conflict, Reuters said.
Gulf Condemnations
Saudi Arabia condemned the targeting of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, saying the "unacceptable attacks" on shipping threatened maritime security and global energy supplies.
The UAE also said the strike was a "hostile Iranian attack that targeted a tanker belonging to ADNOC with a missile while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, without causing casualties" as Gulf and Arab governments issued swift condemnation.
Qatar rejected the use of the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining chip and warned that its continued closure threatened the interests of regional states and the global economy, according to Al Jazeera.
The Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jassim Mohammed al-Budaiwi condemned the latest attack as a "dangerous and unacceptable escalation" and called for international action to protect maritime navigation.
Jordan condemned the attack as a flagrant violation of international law and affirmed its full support for the UAE, Al Jazeera reported.
Hormuz Talks and Demands
Iran said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the United States "corrects its behavior," with Iran's security chief Mohammad-Bagher Zolghadr saying "Correcting its behavior means" meeting a list of Iranian demands including lifting a naval blockade and ending threats and military action.
“the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the United States “corrects its behavior,””
CNBC reported that Zolghadr laid out sweeping demands to the U.S. for reopening the strait, including lifting its naval blockade and sanctions, withdrawing U.S. military forces from the region, paying war reparations, and releasing frozen Iranian assets.
Oman said ongoing negotiations over shipping arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz were proceeding in a "positive and constructive" atmosphere, while a Foreign Ministry statement from Muscat condemned repeated attacks on vessels transiting the strait and urged all sides to avoid actions that could undermine the talks.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that the United States expected oil and gas flows from the Persian Gulf to return to pre-conflict levels and said, "We don’t trust, we verify," as he described the U.S. as "in the middle of the game" using diplomatic, economic and military tools.
The sources also tied the dispute to a June agreement and a 60-day negotiation period, with CNBC saying the end of that period would come in just over a week and Reuters noting the strait remained a chokepoint between Oman and Iran.
