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J. D. Vance: “Not just Iranian flagged vessels, Brett, but any vessel that…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:03

And so that's how the blockade works. US Naval ships stop Iranian flagged vessels going to the strait through the Strait of Hormuz. Not just Iranian flagged vessels, Brett, but any vessel that we know is going to Iranian ports or has come from Iranian ports. You're probably going to see some vessels try to reflag themselves. But of course, we're going to know, because we have very good intelligence which ships are going in and which ships are coming out that are connected to Iran. (08:03–08:11)

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Asserts that the blockade targets any vessel associated with Iranian ports, not just Iranian-flagged ones.

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