Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before US vote: Reuters
Two senior Iranian officials said the new tactics are meant to push oil prices higher and influence the U.S. midterm vote.
- Iran is deploying new offensive tactics against commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters, aiming to influence United States midterm elections and keep oil prices high.
- Tehran has sought to exert control over the waterway since the US and Israel launched strikes on February 28, aiming to gain leverage over Washington after US strikes devastated its navy and limited fast-boat operations.
- Expanding operations beyond the Strait to the Gulf of Oman, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps began using unarmed spotters in small boats to identify potential targets, according to maritime security sources.
- Attacks on commercial vessels have surged to the highest level since the war began, with at least five incidents in the past 48 hours, and the Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center described the threat as "severe" on Sunday.
- Describing the campaign as "a game of chess," one Iranian official warned of complete closure of the Strait, stating that vessels violating restrictions would be safe nowhere, even outside Hormuz waters.
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Iran will change tactics against ships in the Strait of Hormuz to influence the US election.
Iran is adopting a new strategy of attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The aim is to keep oil prices high and influence the US elections. The attacks are now taking place beyond Hormuz. Civilian spotters are being deployed for surveillance.
Before the U.S. interim elections Iran has changed its tactics. Tehran increases the terror in the Strait of Hormuz to keep oil prices up and thus influence the elections. Attacks on ships are increasing.
Iran has recently increased the frequency of attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz to its highest level since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran war. This is interpreted as an attempt to drive up international oil prices in anticipation of next month's U.S. midterm elections. In a report on the 13th (local time), the U.S. think tank Institute for War Studies (ISW), citing data from the UK Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO),
Two senior Iranian officials said that Tehran had begun to implement a new strategy targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz and abroad with a view to increasing pressure on the United States administration before the midterm elections for Congress.
Iran is stepping up its attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormus by a new tactic. Tehran is trying to hold up world oil prices and influence the US interim elections.
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