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Radiofarda – The U.S. military says that when it destroyed an Iranian drone last week over the Strait of Hormuz, it also took aim at a second drone. Iran denies it lost any drones. U.S. Central Command says that one Iranian drone crashed into the sea after the USS Boxer took what Central Command called “defensive action” against it last …

Radiofarda – France, Italy and Denmark gave initial support for a British plan for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, proposed after Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker, three senior EU diplomats said on Tuesday. By Robin Emmott The cautious backing at a meeting of EU envoys in Brussels contrasts sharply with the …

Radiofarda -Last week, Iran raised the stakes in its intensifying standoff with the West still further when it seized a British oil tanker and briefly detained another British vessel in the Persian Gulf. To hear regime officials tell it, the seizure was fully justified – a simple enforcement of the country’s sovereign rights under international law. But there’s ample reason …

Al-Arabia – The seizure of the British-flagged tanker by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was “powerful, precise and professional,” Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The world should be thankful that the IRGC is preserving the security of the Strait of Hormuz, he added. Rouhani said that Iran has been and remains the protector of Bab al-Mandeb Strait …

Al-Arabia – The French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Iran has to take the necessary steps to deescalate tensions, adding that talks with the Iranian deputy foreign minister served as a reminder to Tehran to return to the nuclear deal. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran will secure the Strait of Hormuz and not allow any …