The Iranian embassy in Ghana posted a sarcastic tweet on Friday, challenging the US Navy's claim that the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway. The embassy suggested that if the strait were truly international, a US warship from the Indian Ocean would cross it.
The sarcastic tweet from Iran's embassy in Ghana is the latest in a series of rhetorical exchanges between Tehran and Washington amid an ongoing military confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz. As The Zioneer has reported, the standoff has included direct exchanges of fire between the US Navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as Iranian attacks on commercial shipping. The embassy's statement appears designed to mock the US position that the strait is an international waterway, which Washington has used to justify its naval presence and escort operations. The tweet did not announce any new military action.
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