The increased military presence is to aid regional parters in keeping the economic shipping lanes open, Ryder said. warships and aircraft patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. In May, the military increased its rotation of U.S. The deployment was also ordered last month a week after the USS Thomas Hudner and F-35 and F-16 fighter jets were ordered to deploy to the Persian Gulf to counter Iranian attempts to seize oil tankers. military command said last month, describing the instances as 'a clear threat to regional maritime security and the global economy.' Central Command's area of operations, the U.S. In the last two years, Iran has attacked, seized or attempted to seize nearly 20 internationally flagged merchant vessels within U.S. military said it thwarted two attempts by the Iranian navy to seize commercial tankers near Oman. and British navies responded to a distress call from a merchant ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz that came under harassment from three Iranian fast-attack boats.Īnd early last month, the U.S. Most notably in April, Iran's navy successfully captured a Marshall Islands-flagged oil taker in the Gulf of Oman.

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