2023-05-12 15:05:47
The United States will undertake “a series of actions to strengthen (their) defensive posture in the Persian Gulf”, a White House spokesman said on Friday.
This decision, the details of which will be made public in the coming days by the Pentagon, is intended as a response to Iran’s seizure of commercial vessels in the area, including, at the end of April, an oil tanker flying the flag of the Marshall Islands and bound for the United States.
“The United States strongly condemns all actions that threaten and disrupt commercial maritime traffic in the Middle East,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in an interview with reporters.
“For two years, Iran has harassed, attacked and disrupted” commercial navigation in these waters, he said, assuring that Washington would not “allow foreign or regional powers to jeopardize the freedom of navigation. ” in the zone.
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