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A senior U.S. official said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is “fully open and under U.S. Navy control,” directly challenging Iran’s threat to impose a new maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf as Tehran seeks to reassert leverage over the strategic waterway.

U.S.: Strait of Hormuz ‘Fully Open, Under U.S. Navy Control’ as Iran Threatens ‘New Marit

Strait of Hormuz ‘Fully Open, Under U.S. Navy Control’

The official told Al Jazeera that the assessment followed a months-long U.S. Navy operation to clear Iranian mines from the strait, adding that Washington expects shipping traffic to increase and remains satisfied with the amount of oil and gas currently moving through the waterway.

The declaration came after Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s powerful Supreme National Security Council, announced Sunday that Tehran would establish what he called a new prohibited zone extending from the U.S. naval blockade line into the Persian Gulf.

“In the coming days and weeks, we’re going to announce a restricted prohibited zone outside the Strait of Hormuz, which begins from the blockade line of the U.S. Navy, including the Strait of Hormuz, and extends to the Persian Gulf from the other side,” Rezaei said.

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