CENTCOM's Claim Regarding the Continuation of the Naval Blockade of Iran
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In the event of a breakdown in the negotiations.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed that it has diverted the routes of 64 commercial ships since the resumption of the naval blockade of Iran!
The U.S. Army has claimed this Monday to have diverted a total of 64 commercial ships, as well as disabled three vessels and addressed two others, in the framework of the naval blockade imposed against the ports and coasts of Iran.
The American forces stopped a total of 64 commercial vessels, disabled three and approached two others, since the replacement of the naval blockade to the ports and the Iranian coast, released today the Central Military Command (Centcom).
The Pentagon raises maritime pressure on Tehran while the 60-day deadline for an agreement expires and increases the risk on global energy traffic.
The naval blockade—a classic tool of force known since ancient times—has returned to the center of global geopolitics. Cutting off key communication routes has for centuries been the simplest, yet most ruthless, way to suppress or at least weaken an adversary without the need for direct land combat. As history proves, to close the seas means to starve an economy.
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