Strait of Hormuz 0
16 February 2021

Against the backdrop of a joint Russian-Iranian naval drill, a senior Iranian military official remarked that “the North Indian Ocean is located between three of the world’s five strategic straits and, in fact, surrounds the world’s energy, doubling the need for maritime security due to the move of merchant vessels and tankers in this sensitive area”.

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