Iran MP warns US against folly
An Iranian lawmaker warns Washington and its allies against committing any follies in the Persian Gulf, promising a crushing response by Iranian military forces to measures of this kind.
“If the US or other Western states do not act properly in the Persian Gulf or the Sea of Oman, the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces will teach them a lesson they will not be able to forget for years to come,” member of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mohammad Karamirad said Tuesday.
He stressed that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed if Washington and its allies threatened Tehran.
Tensions between Tehran and Washington over the Strait of Hormuz escalated after the US and the European Union proposed sanctions against Iran's oil sector.
On December 27, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi warned that imposing sanctions against the country's energy sector will prompt Tehran to prevent oil cargoes from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
“If they impose sanctions on Iran's oil, not even a drop of oil will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz,” he warned.
Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari further reiterated on December 28 that Iran has complete command over the strategic waterway and that “closing the Strait of Hormuz is very easy for Iranian naval forces.”
The Strait of Hormuz is a shipping channel between Iran and Oman. Statistics-wise, the strait is one of the world's most important waterways, with a daily flow of about 15 million barrels of oil.
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