Eagle Intelligence Reports
Iran ensures the safe passage of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz under a new legal regime, the Vedomosti newspaper quoted Iran’s ambassador to Moscow as saying on Monday.
Ambassador Kazem Jalali said the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran had failed as their declared intention had been to enact regime change and yet the Islamic Republic was more united than before. “Iran ensures safety of passage. Based on the security measures and the legal regime of the Strait of Hormuz, ships and vessels can pass through,” Jalali said, Vedomosti reported.
Meanwhile, Iranian state media said Tehran is not currently planning to attend talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump ordered US negotiators to travel to Pakistan on Monday, just days before a ceasefire in the Middle East expires.
On Sunday, Trump announced that a massive Iranian-flagged cargo ship “tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them.” A US destroyer warned the ship to stop and then forced it to “by blowing a hole in the engine room”, Trump said, adding, “Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel.”
The ISNA news agency later cited a spokesperson for Iran’s central command center as warning that “the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will soon respond and retaliate against this armed piracy and the US military”. (Agencies)