Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal
10m ago 08.56 BST IRGC warns renewed war could extend beyond Middle East Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to extend a renewed
10m ago 08.56 BST IRGC warns renewed war could extend beyond Middle East Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to extend a renewed war beyond the Middle East if the US resumes attacks against Tehran. The warning came after Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran again if it did not accept a deal to end the conflict. In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency in Iran, the IRGC said: “Should aggression against Iran be repeated, the regional war that was promised will this time extend beyond the region, and our crushing blows in places you can scarcely imagine will reduce you to ashes.” Share 25m ago 08.41 BST A South Korean oil tanker is passing through the strait of Hormuz, marking the first such case involving a Korea-managed ship since the Iran war began.
“Consultations with Iranian authorities were completed, and the vessel began sailing yesterday. It is passing through the strait very cautiously,” South Korea’s foreign minister, Cho Hyun, said, according to the Seoul-based Yonhap news agency. He added that the vessel was carrying 2m barrels of crude oil. Yonhap reported that the tanker began sailing in waters near Qatar yesterday after receiving passage approval from Iran a day earlier. Citing officials, the news agency said no transit fees were paid to Iran for the safe transit of the vessel.
The passage came nearly two weeks after the South Korean-operated HMM Namu was struck by “two unidentified aircraft” in the strait, causing a fire and leaving one of the vessel’s 24 crew members with minor injuries. The Panama-flagged cargo vessel, operated by South Korean shipping firm HMM Co, arrived in Dubai after the incident for investigation. Iran has denied responsibility, with its embassy in Seoul saying it “firmly rejects and categorically denies any allegations regarding the involvement” of its forces. Seoul strongly condemned the attack and said it hoped to identify those behind it through an investigation.
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