What happened

US Central Command said that as of 11 September it had redirected 99 commercial vessels while enforcing the resumed US blockade against Iran. That updates the redirected tally of 59 published on 12 August; the latest post, as relayed in live coverage, did not supply updated disabled or boarded totals. CENTCOM has repeatedly said the Strait of Hormuz remains open for commercial transit while enforcing restrictions on traffic to Iranian ports, although traffic remains severely reduced. Iran separately announced that representatives from Iran, Iraq and Gulf states would meet in Oman on Monday to discuss shared regional security and possible safe shipping routes through the strait. That is a planned diplomatic meeting, not evidence that a safe corridor has opened or that the blockade has ended. This tally belongs to the phase CENTCOM said resumed on 14 July and is not combined with the larger totals it reported during the earlier April–June phase. It is represented by one approximate regional marker because CENTCOM did not identify every redirected vessel or publish a location for each interaction. CENTCOM's characterization of vessels as blockade violators is attributed to the US government; the statement did not establish that all vessels were tankers or disclose every cargo, crew condition, damage detail, environmental effect or the legal basis of each individual action.

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