from Tehran Times
The developments mark the sharpest escalation yet in the maritime dispute between Tehran and Washington since the end of the recent US-Israeli war against Iran, with Iranian military and civilian authorities insisting that responsibility for managing navigation through the strait rests exclusively with Iran under the bilateral understanding reached in Islamabad.
Speaking on state television on Sunday, Iranian Army spokesperson Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said the United States had once again demonstrated 'a longstanding pattern of failing to honor its international commitments,' comparing the current dispute with Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear agreement and 'violations of the recent ceasefire arrangement.'
Akraminia said the Islamabad MoU explicitly assigns Iran responsibility for organizing transit and navigation arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz and obliges the Iranian Armed Forces to ensure the security of maritime passage.
"The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are obligated to provide the necessary security for passage through the Strait of Hormuz and to implement the arrangements stipulated under the agreement," he said, adding that Iran would firmly defend the rights granted to it under the memorandum...
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