The strait is divided between Iran and Oman’s territorial waters, and international law requires both countries to allow free passage through it. Salehi’s warning for the US aircraft carrier not to come back seemed aimed at further depicting the strait and the Gulf as under Iran’s domination, though there is no way to enforce his warning without military action. The Iranian naval exercise served as practice for closing the Strait of Hormuz if the West enacts sanctions blocking Iranian oil sales or imposes economic sanctions.
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