ANIUS Central Command has rejected Iran's assertion that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, stating that traffic continues Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday (local time) rejected Iran's claim that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, saying commercial and energy traffic continues to move through the strategic waterway."CLAIM: Earlier today, a general from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed in media reports that 'the Strait of Hormuz is closed' and his country has 'full control over it.' This is FALSE," CENTCOM said in a post on X."FACT: Traffic is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz right now carrying commercial goods and energy supplies, including 20 million barrels of crude oil.
The United States and regional partners clearly control the strait," it added.Also Read: Iranian official says 'illegal routes' in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blockedThe rebuke came in response to comments by Mohammadreza Naqdi, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who reiterated Tehran's position on the strategic waterway in comments to semi-official Fars news agency on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.Live EventsNaqdi also said that transit routes deemed illegal by Iran would soon be closed.Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran has "clearly and firmly" set out its conditions for ending the war on all fronts and restoring security to the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.According to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, Baghaei said Iran would also deliver its response to proposals from the US side through mediators, Al Jazeera reported.Baghaei also said that Iran and Oman had reached an understanding on safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz and would soon present the agreement to the relevant international body."The consultation process between Iran and Oman has been carried out well, and the two sides, in addition to agreeing on the geographical coordinates of safe routes to and from the Strait of Hormuz, have also reached an understanding on how to reflect the issue at the relevant international authority level, which, God willing, will be done soon," Baghaei was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying, as reported by Al Jazeera.The development comes amid heightened tensions over the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran.Earlier, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the war with Iran will end "very quickly" and claimed that oil prices will "come tumbling down", while asserting that the US had taken away Iran's nuclear power."It is a war from the standpoint of what we have to do.
We have to get rid of the nuclear weapons for Iran.
We have taken away their nuclear power.
If they had nuclear power, you would have had problems like you have never had before," Trump told reporters while departing Washington for a San Antonio Republican campaign rally."Their whole country right now is wiped out.....
