Iran disputes US oil claim, approves new rule on Hormuz data cables

Iran disputes US oil claim, approves new rule on Hormuz data cables Iran has disputed a claim by US Central Command (Centcom) that it escorted tankers carrying more than a billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Armed forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi called the claim a “failed psychological operation” meant to boost US troop morale and justify the war’s financial and human costs, Iran’s Fars news agency reported. Centcom had also said it protected more than 2,000 commercial transits through the stra