Iran paraded around footage allegedly showing harassment of US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, shortly after the US began offloading a seized tanker believed to hold Iranian oil.
“Finally, after months of delay, the Biden administration has listened to my bipartisan call for action and signaled to Iran that the United States will not be complacent in the face of Iranian threats,” one of the lawmakers, Sen. Joni Ernst said in a statement.
“No foreign adversary should question America’s strength and that we will stand up for the lives and livelihoods of Americans.” Cargo aboard that vessel is estimated to be 800,000 barrels of oil, valued at an estimated value of $56 million. Under US law, 75% of profits from the oil sale would be deposited in the US Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which compensates victims and survivors of atrocities including the Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks and the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis. President Biden is hoping to retrieve American hostages from Iran.Additionally, back in July, the US military announced it would send additional forces to the Middle East to counter Tehran’s recent attempts to seize ships.
Approximately 20 foreign merchant vessels have reportedly been harassed or seized by Iran over the past two years. from oil money that had been frozen in South Korea in exchange for freeing five American detainees.
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