US Iran War News LIVE Updates: 31 ships transited Strait of Hormuz in last 24 hours, Iran’s IRGC says
Tugboats guide the crude oil tanker Odessa, carrying UAE crude after passing through the Strait of Hormuz with its Automatic Identification System transponder turned off, navigates the waters at Daesan port, where it is expected to discharge crude oil. (REUTERS)
US-Iran War News LIVE: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday said that 31 ships have transited the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours. The ships which passed through the strait include container ships, oil tankers and other commercial vessels, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader has directed that the country’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium must not be transferred overseas, according to two senior Iranian sources. Sources, cited by Reuters, said Iran’s senior leadership believes exporting the uranium stock could leave the country exposed to potential future attacks by the United States and Israel.
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Asim Munir to visit Tehran: Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir is set to visit Tehran on Thursday (May 21), as a part of Pakistan’s ongoing mediation and consultations between Iran and the United States, according to reports by Iran’s ISNA news agency. Pakistan’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week, as Islamabad seeks to push warring nations to reach an agreement. This comes even as US President Donald Trump said Iran talks are “on the borderline” and warned the US is ready to act quickly if Tehran fails to give “100 per cent good answers”.
Iran says it has received ‘US views’ and is reviewing them: Iran has received the United States’ views and is reviewing them, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to Iranian state-run agency Nour News, amid ongoing diplomatic engagement between Tehran and Washington. “We have received US views and are reviewing them,” Baghaei. Meanwhile, Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would “do whatever I want him to do” on Iran, while praising him as a “great guy” who is “not treated well in Israel”. “Netanyahu will do whatever I want him to do (on Iran), he is a great guy who is not treated well in Israel,” he said.
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