Iran says southern Hormuz route “unsafe”

LONDON, July 13– The Iranian Embassy in Britain said Monday that the southern shipping route near Omani waters, where the U.S. military provides navigational assistance, is “unsafe, unreliable, and prone to accidents.”

The embassy, whose ambassador also serves as Iran’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), said in a social media post that Iran had established a temporary safe and secure maritime corridor in compliance with the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran.