EU Assesses Potential Danger Of Closing Strait Of Hormuz

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23.​ The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be a very dangerous and undesirable event for everyone, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Trend reports.

"The concern about Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz and the fear of further escalation of this war are extremely high," the head of the European Union's diplomacy said.

Earlier, it came to light that the Iranian parliament pulled the trigger on a vote to shut the door on the Strait of Hormuz. The final decision on this issue is made by the country's Supreme National Security Council.

On the morning of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes against Iran. The attacks killed numerous high-ranking military officials, including Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff; Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and Gholam Ali Rashid, head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, along with nine nuclear scientists and other senior figures.

That same evening, Iran launched a retaliatory strike dubbed “Operation True Promise III,” firing hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones at multiple targets across Israel, including Tel Aviv. The attacks caused civilian casualties and widespread damage.

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