Army Confirms Iranian Tanker Managed to Run US Naval Blockade
The Iranian tanker "Silly City" transited the Arabian Sea and entered Iranian territorial waters overnight with the operational backing of the country's naval troops despite multiple threats from a US Navy task force.
Iran’s Army's public relations office said in a statement on Tuesday that an Iranian tanker managed to enter the country’s territorial waters last night, despite repeated “threats” from the US military.“Despite multiple warnings and threats from the naval task force of the US Army … the Iranian oil tanker Sili City, with the operational support of the Army Navy … entered Iranian territorial waters last night after passing through the Arabian Sea,” the statement added.
The recent development came amid the continued US violations of the ceasefire accord reached two weeks ago between Tehran and Washington, including a naval blockade and an attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Sea of Oman on Sunday.Iran has vowed to retaliate against the "maritime piracy" of the merchant ship.
The tanker “has been stationed for several hours at one of the anchorages of the Southern ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, the army's statement read.
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