Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Friday that any...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 5, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via REUTERS
Washington is lobbying international partners to join a maritime security coalition at a time of heightened tensions with Iran. Tehran earlier on Friday warned against any presence of its arch-foe Israel in the planned coalition. “Mindful of this reality, any extra-regional presence is by definition source of insecurity ... Iran won’t hesitate to safeguard its security,” Zarif said.
Traffic in the Strait, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes, has become the focus of a standoff between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump quit a 2015 nuclear pact and reimposed sanctions on Tehran.
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