‘Pick up the phone’: IRGC appears to rebuff US Strait of Hormuz ‘hotline’
- Iran’s IRGC appears to have rejected US claims of a military hotline will operate between the two countries.
- Tehran, Iran – Iran has indicated that there will be no direct communication between US and Iranian military officials as part of a hotline proposed by Washington designed to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebi downplayed reports on Friday of direct communications being established between the US and Iran to manage the strategically important waterway.
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- Iran’s IRGC appears to have rejected US claims of a military hotline will operate between the two countries.
- Tehran, Iran – Iran has indicated that there will be no direct communication between US and Iranian military officials as part of a hotline proposed by Washington designed to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebi downplayed reports on Friday of direct communications being established between the US and Iran to manage the strategically important waterway.
Sources: Al Jazeera