MIDDLE EAST: Strait of Hormuz factfile

January 6, 2012–Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will hold new naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in February. Fourteen crude oil tankers a day – carrying 17 million barrels – pass through the strait, mostly to Asian markets. Graphic shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps naval assets around the Hormuz Strait.

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