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An Iranian lawmaker says Russia made a mistake in signing a statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that questioned Iran’s sovereignty on the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa in the Persian Gulf.
A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the IRGC’s naval forces have seized a foreign oil tanker carrying one million liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization says a Bahamian-flagged oil tanker collided with an Iranian vessel off the country’s southern coast and fled into Oman’s territorial waters as Iranian officials sought to seize the tanker for the wrongdoing.
Saudi Arabia has announced billions of dollars in investment deals between Beijing and the Arab world on the first day of the China-Arab business conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
China announced it will work for the establishment of security and stability in the region and that it favors plans for a regional maritime alliance.
The Iranian Navy chief says the Islamic Republic will soon establish a maritime coalition with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other states to help strengthen peace and stability in the neighborhood.
The United Arab Emirates announced it had stopped participating in the security group after Iran seized two tankers in the Persian Gulf recently.
The United Arab Emirates pulled out from a US-led Middle East maritime security coalition two months ago after evaluating its security relationships, the Persian Gulf state announced on Wednesday.
The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violations of maritime law in the waters of the country’s southern coasts.
Ensign Gordon Kitchener looks out from the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), May 9, 2023 in the Arabian Gulf. (US Navy) CNN: US bolstering defense posture in the Persian Gulf after Iran seized two merchant ships in…