The Arabian Gulf region is one of the most sensitive regions in the world to what about a fifth of crude oil and products pass through

 

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Edited by| Christian Megan

 

Middle East  section -  CJ journalist

 

Muscat – August,13,2023

 

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The world's oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.

In light of the above, the US Navy said that a US-led naval coalition in the Gulf warned ships in the region

Stay away from Iranian waters to avoid possible detention.

The warning shows that tension remains high in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran detained two oil tankers in late April

Last April and early May.

At the same time, Washington and Tehran are finalizing an agreement on the release of five Americans detained in

Iran in exchange for allowing the United States to lift the freeze on Iranian funds amounting to six billion dollars in South Korea.

Timothy Hawkins, a spokesman for the US Fifth Fleet stationed in Bahrain, said on Saturday evening, " organizing security

The International Maritime notifies seafarers in the region of the appropriate precautions to minimize the risks of detention on the basis of the current tension

In the region, which we are trying to calm down".

"Ships should pass as far as possible from Iranian territorial waters,"he added.

An agreement to release American citizens from an Iranian prison and allow them to return to the United States would erase

A source of great concern between Washington and Tehran, amid continuing disagreements on other issues from the Iranian nuclear program to

Tehran's support for regional Shiite militias.

Iran's mission to the United Nations said that the United States will release some Iranians from American prisons as part of

Agreement.

Last July, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced the deployment of a destroyer along with fighter jets from

The "F-35" and"F-16" models are in the Middle East to deter Iran from seizing ships in the Gulf.

Washington has previously announced that its forces prevented two Iranian attempts to detain two commercial tankers in international waters off Oman in

The fifth of last July, while Tehran confiscated another merchant ship later.

Iran was accused of launching a drone attack on a tanker owned by an Israeli company in November 2022.

Such incidents have been recorded since 2018, when then US President Donald Trump withdrew his country from the nuclear agreement

Iran has reimposed severe sanctions on Tehran, which has led to an escalation of tensions. It was finally resumed with the mediation of the Sultanate

Amman talks aimed at reviving the agreement.

 

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