The United States says Iran’s claims to control the strait are illegal, but Tehran has made escalating assertions of authority over the vital waterway. Iran signaled on Thursday that it intended to continue to oversee shipping traffic through the critical Strait of Hormuz, even after the war, though it insisted that it would not restrict transit. Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for... [1651 chars]
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