US Central Command (Centcom) has responded to claims by Iran’s ambassador to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) that US forces have used “threatening, abusive, and provocative language” against Iranian mariners and caused “serious stress and psychological pressure to civilian crews”.
“The highly successful US blockade against Iran has been in place for months and professionally communicated. The only country attacking civilian mariners transiting regional waters is Iran,” Centcom says in a statement posted on X.
The US military adds that despite attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, traffic continues to flow.
