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Warships Will Need Iran's Permission to Pass through Strait of Hormuz
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foreign warships will soon be unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
unless they first receive a permission from the Iranian Navy ships deployed
in the region, an Iranian parliamentarian said, adding that the country's
lawmakers are now working on a relevant plan as the strategic waterway
is part of the Iranian territories.
"If the military vessels and warships of any country want to pass
via the Strait of Hormuz without coordination and permission of Iran's
Navy forces, they should be stopped by the Iranian Armed Forces,"
Nader Qazipour told FNA, explaining about the contents of the plan.
He underlined that the plan will be presented to the parliament's
presiding board next week.
In relevant remarks on Monday, another Iranian legislator stressed that
Iran will use all its capabilities and possibilities to defend the country
against foreign threats and the country will use the Strait of Hormuz
as a defensive tool and will close the waterway if it comes under threat.
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"Iran will definitely use the defensive potential
of the Strait of Hormuz if it is faced with threats," Rapporteur
of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission
Kazzem Jalali told FNA.
Iranian lawmakers and officials have recently warned enemies that Iran
is entitled to the right to close the strategic oil lifeline as a defensive
option against foreign invasion.
"The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not on the Islamic Republic
of Iran's agenda (at present), but if threats against Iran come to trample
upon the rights of our nation while others use the strait for exporting
their oil, then Iran will be entitled to the right to close the Strait
of Hormuz," member of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Taqi Rahbar
told FNA late December.
"The international conventions reserve such rights for the Islamic
Republic of Iran as well," Rahbar underscored.
The lawmaker, however, said, "For the time being, the Islamic Republic
of Iran has not decided to close the strait, but this (closing the strait)
depends on the conditions of the region."
From: Fars News
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