Iran's IRGC praises forces in Gulf of Oman incident - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Nov 10, 2021

A billboard depicting Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps navy units observing a US warship in the Gulf of Oman. — A billboard depicting Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps navy units observing a US warship in the Gulf of Oman is seen at the Vali-Asr Square in Tehran on Nov. 5, 2021. The United States and Iran gave sharply differing accounts of an incident involving a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in the latest incident in the heavily trafficked seaway. — STR/AFP via Getty Images

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