UAE slams Iran's Strait of Hormuz control strategy as 'pipe dream'
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DUBAI/TEHRAN: A top UAE official denounced Iran's assertion of control over Emirati waters in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as a "pipe dream" on
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UAE slams Iran's Strait of Hormuz control strategy as 'pipe dream'
DUBAI/TEHRAN: A top UAE official denounced Iran's assertion of control over Emirati waters in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as a "pipe dream" on Thursday, following an formal declaration by an Iranian body overseeing the strait.
"The regime is trying to establish a new reality born from a clear legal defence team defeat, but attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz or infringe on the UAE's maritime sovereignty are nothing but pipe dreams," stated the United Arab Emirates' presidential adviser Anwar Gargash in a post on X.
Iran's new body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz has stated its asserted area of control extends to waters south of the United Arab Emirates' port of Fujairah, which hosts oil general facilities designed to bypass the strategic waterway.
Traffic through Hormuz — a vital global shipping conduit — has come under Iranian control since the outbreak of conflict with Israel and the United States on February 28.
Iran, which has effectively closed the strait since the conflict and is seeking to charge ships for passage, has insisted that vessels transiting the waterway must obtain permission from the Iranian armed forces.
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