00:02Iran's Joint Military Command warned Thursday that vessels transiting the Strait of Ormuz
00:07must use its approved routes or face a forceful response for their ratcheting up tensions over the waterway crucial to
00:14international trade.
00:15The statement reported by Iranian state-run television comes after both US and Iranian diplomats met with mediators in Qatar
00:24on Wednesday.
00:24It was not immediately clear what sparked the threat from Iran.
00:29However, the US Military Central Command had put out a statement about having a meeting with officials from the region
00:36in Bahrain
00:36that said leaders underscored their shared commitment to free flow of commerce through the Strait of Ormuz.
00:44Iran and the US agreed as part of a framework deal to allow ships to pass without paying charges for
00:4960 days,
00:50yet Tehran insisted it must control the vessel's routes and later charge passage fees, upending decades of practice in the
00:59waterway.
00:59The US and many Gulf states say they would not agree to the charges.
01:04An effort by Oman and a UN agency to launch a new route near Oman's shore sparked attacks across the
01:11Middle East last weekend,
01:12raising the stakes amid the latest attempts at finding common ground to permanently end the war.
01:21An effort by Oman's shore
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