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Tehran.- The Iranian Parliament requested this Sunday the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of crude oil traffic passes by sea, a decision that must be approved by the Supreme National Security Council, reported a parliamentarian and Iranian general.
General Esmaeil Kowsari, a member of the Parliament's Security Committee, stated that the assembly "has reached a consensus" to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, reported state television Press TV.
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The source did not clarify whether the decision to close the important maritime passage was made by the entire Parliament or only by the committee of which it is a part. In any case, he did specify that the final decision to close the strait must be made by the Supreme National Security Council, a body that includes the President of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, several ministers, three representatives of the supreme leader, and figures from the country's security forces. Approximately 20% of the world's oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime passage between Iran and Oman that Persian authorities have threatened on several occasions to block, in response to tensions with the United States and other Western countries. The announcement of the parliamentarian and general comes after the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities - Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan - this morning, in the first US bombings that have occurred amid the conflict between Israel and Iran. Israel and Iran exchange daily attacks with missiles and drones since the early hours of Friday the 13th when the Jewish State launched bombings against military and nuclear facilities of the Persian country, ending with several high commands of the military leadership. Israeli attacks have occurred today against two military targets in Bushehr province, which hosts Iran's only nuclear power plant, and a power plant in Yazd, while in Isfahan the defense systems were activated with the aim of intercepting hostile targets in the region. The Jewish State has attacked military, civilian, and nuclear facilities, as well as hospitals and residential areas. In those attacks, 430 people have died and about 3,500 have been injured, the majority civilians in Iran, while in Israel there have been 24 deaths.
