Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Akraminia says Tehran “took action to assert its rights” over the Strait of Hormuz after the “US violated its commitments and tried to create a fake and illegal route in the Strait of Hormuz” against the MoU signed in June, Al Jazeera reports.

“In these operations, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army placed US bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain — which are considered among the most important bases of this country in the region — at the centre of its operations,” he said in remarks quoted by the Tasnim news agency.

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