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Khatam Al-Anbiya Orders Tanker Routes Through Strait and Threatens Force

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command orders all oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz to follow Iran-approved routes or face immediate military responses, state television reports.The directive follows diplomacy in Qatar between US and Iranian officials and arrives while Iran prepares the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with negotiators reporting positive progress but talks continuing.The command warns that deviations from Iran’s navigation protocols will provoke rapid retaliation and explicitly condemns the presence of US fighter jets over the strait as a threat to regional security and Iranian sovereignty.Tehran says it will impose passage fees after a 60-day fee-free interim transit deal expires, a reversal opposed by US officials and Gulf Arab states and one that risks naval confrontations and disruption to global energy supplies.
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