Aya Batraoui
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1,416 appearances
165 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 9 Sep
Aya Batraoui’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Iran has been really clear that management of the Strait of Hormuz will not return to what it was before the war.
And they struck two cargo ships just last week because those ships were using a route near Oman that wasn't cleared or approved by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
So their control over this waterway not only pushed oil prices up globally during the war, inflicting pain internationally, it also forced the U.S.
to draw down its strategic oil reserves to their lowest levels since 1984.
Qatar says its Prime Minister Mohamed El-Thani discussed the interim peace deal with the White House envoys and the situation in Lebanon, where there's a shaky ceasefire.
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The health ministry there says Israeli attacks have killed more than 40 people in the past two weeks.
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Iran says its negotiators are discussing with Qatari mediators the need for a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in talks today in Doha.
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Iran's foreign ministry says its delegation is also raising the issue of the release of billions of dollars in frozen assets as part of the deal signed with the U.S.
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The talks in Qatar come just days after Iran and the U.S.
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traded fire following Iranian attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without its permission.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard says ships must coordinate with its naval forces in order to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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Its statement Thursday says transit outside of approved routes is, quote, prohibited and very dangerous, and that violators will be dealt with.
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It comes a day after nearly 50 ships carrying millions of barrels of oil made their way through the waterway along a route near Oman after an interim peace deal was signed between Iran and the U.S.,
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Iran's foreign minister says his country is in dialogue with Oman to define the future administration of the waterway and its maritime services.
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The U.S.
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and Gulf Arab states say they will not accept tolls.
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However, Iran and Oman say they're discussing costs of services to administer navigation through the waterway.
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