Iran's Foreign Ministry: strait open for navigation

The head of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the country currently does not plan to block the Strait of Hormuz or disrupt shipping through it. According to the Foreign Ministry representative, any measures that could restrict the flow of transit vessels will be rejected.

Within the report on events unfolding in the Middle East, the following facts are mentioned:

- According to Iran, attacks on hotels in other countries were carried out because Americans evacuated their personnel from military bases precisely to those hotels.

- An Iranian drone attacked an oil rig in the UAE in the Persian Gulf.

- At least two Iranian drones struck a French naval base located in the port of Zayed in Abu Dhabi.

- The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) attacked the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles, according to a press service report.

- The number of fatalities resulting from the attack on a school in Iran has risen to 153.

- Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad was killed during a US and Israeli attack in Tehran, claims the Iranian agency ILNA.

- US forces attacked an Iranian 'Jamaran'-class warship, reported the US Central Command. It is claimed that the vessel is sinking in the Gulf of Oman.

- Three US military personnel were killed and five others seriously wounded during an operation against Iran, according to US command.

Context

The Strait of Hormuz annually handles more than 20% of global trade and remains a key strategic route for the transit of oil and gas.