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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 A Liberian oil tanker made its way out of the Strait of Hormuz<\/span> on Thursday despite threats to shipping from Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and using a new route close to Oman\u2019s shore that has been promoted by a U.N. maritime agency.<\/p>\n

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The transit of the Stoic Warrior and the threats come as tensions rise between Iran and the United States over the terms of their interim accord aimed at permanently ending the Iran war. From getting ships through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf to the future of Iran\u2019s stockpile of highly enriched uranium<\/span>, the two nations are increasingly debating the terms of the deal signed last week<\/span>. <\/p>\n

Through the signing of the memorandum of understanding, the U.S. and Iran agreed to a 60-day period to iron out these and other details. Until that happens \u2014 during private talks \u2014 leaders from both countries will also continue to negotiate in public, raising the risks of derailing the shaky ceasefire in the region.<\/p>\n

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A major threat to the deal is the flareup of fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. On Wednesday. Israel launched an airstrike that killed two people in southern Lebanon, the country\u2019s state-run news agency said. It was Israel\u2019s first airstrike on Lebanon since the latest ceasefire took effect on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Tanker sails through Strait of Hormuz<\/h2>\n

The Stoic Warrior \u2014 signaling that it planned to transit the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 took off early Thursday morning on a trip that saw it hug the coast of the United Arab Emirates and then Oman. <\/p>\n

The vessel then traveled around Oman\u2019s Musandam Peninsula fairly close to the shore, part of a route that Oman laid out alongside the International Maritime Organization, an agency of the United Nations that oversees shipping at sea. <\/p>\n

North of the route is the Traffic Separation Scheme, the route in the center of the strait that for decades ships moved through freely. The route is used for transport of about a fifth of all the world\u2019s oil and natural gas. <\/p>\n

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However, there has been the report of at least one mine sighted in the water after the Guard said that it mined the passage during the war that started on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The threat of mines shut off the route. <\/p>\n

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The naval arm of the Revolutionary Guard, apparently reacting to Oman and the IMO\u2019s route, gave an angry warning Thursday, carried by Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency. <\/p>\n

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