Speedboats of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are seen during major drills in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf code-named the Great Prophet 9 on February 25, 2015.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned on May 18 that Tehran may block the Strait of Hormuz if efforts to restrict its oil exports persist.
Speaking in front of officials from more than 50 countries at the Tehran Dialogue Forum, Pezeshkian emphasized the strait’s strategic role in global energy flows.
“If energy can’t pass through the Gulf, the world will grind to a halt,” he said, accusing foreign powers of deliberately stoking regional instability to weaken Iran’s position.
The president also charged that certain actors aim to manipulate energy markets by pushing Iran to sell oil under duress, while simultaneously arming rival factions to inflame internal and regional divisions.
The Strait of Hormuz is the main route for oil and gas exports from major Middle Eastern producers to international markets. About 30% of the oil and 20% of the gas trade in the world passes through the strait. Disruptions or blockades in the vital naval route could significantly impact energy prices and global supply chains.
Pezeshkian’s warning came following reports of progress in indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the United States. Still, an agreement is not guaranteed.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said that any country purchasing oil from Iran will be barred from doing business with the U.S., with the threat of “secondary sanctions”.
“ALERT: All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW! Any Country or person who buys ANY AMOUNT of OIL or PETROCHEMICALS from Iran will be subject to, immediately, Secondary Sanctions,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. “They will not be allowed to do business with the United States of America in any way, shape, or form.”
Iran is clearly taking Trump’s threat seriously. Pezeshkian’s warning shows that Tehran is willing to go to a confrontation with the U.S. over any additional sanctions if nuclear talks fail.
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look how houthi barefoot,sand dwelling,goatherders have blocked mandeb strait for so long. iran has tens of thousands of sea mines, speed boats, short/medium range antiship missiles, subs, integrated air defenses + hypersonics etc. if they were to mine the narrower strait of hormuz any mine-sweeping vessel would be sunk & any mine sweeping helicopter would be downed.oil flow will stop for as long as iran wants. the us & world economy will collapse
put kahamenei in a nursing home. done.
the different between iran and the huthis is the huthis have nothing to loose. years of war and blockades from the western supported gulf countries have allready taken everything from them. iran has much to loose.
common knowledge is finally spoken out loud . meaning they are prepared for this .
iran shouldn’t ever negotiate with the jewsa. the only negotiating you can do with them or their j masters is through the sights on weapon systems.
negotiating is only done to create propaganda for the masses . to those who support israei mafia interests it is a only hollywood show
iran will lose any real war with the west. because shitbags lol
they are weird if not confused. the revolutionary guard fighting with osama bin laden together in bosnia. allowing usa passage to afganistan through iran airspace. trying to get a deal , to have stolen assets returned an boycots lifted that are in place since the 1980s. have nuclear scientists killed because they are all in spy infested teheran.
they want so desperately to be friends with the west and instantly return to the good old late 1970s. thats is what isolation and soros media does to a country – probably very similar situation in myanmar.
now that usaid has been moved to the state department they are still deep in these actions .
here we go again. this could happen, this might happen, if you don’t stop we’ll. . . . . . we might do something.
i liked that nike t-shirt logo from decades back. ‘just do it’.
make it wider with nookers. no more iran problem.
wow, such brain-dead intelligence. iran threatens to close gulf to stop oil flow and you, the obvious master genius bar-none, thinks to nuke it to widen it. no wonder the west is so screwed. highly intelligent notions like yours must persist in d.c. yet today under the trump the dumpster fire admin. what an embarrassment to human intelligence. please tell us you’re british.
some hundred “satan” missiles on “us” will just do it. its a pity the world have let it be ruled by psychopaths, christians, adolf hitler rothschild, einstein, telia…its missing a “fire” button on this shit. i have not see a product from “israel” in the shops for teens of years. are you sure they live ?
here we go again mollahs warning again.. but never see any action….😁
you love salafi/takfiri head choppers so shut your foul mouth up, you damn turk.
only a fool would want to see a war in the gulf. why don’t you go and show them how to do it? better yet, call erdog and see if he’s ready to go to war. that’ll be the day, he’s chicken crap thru and thru…unless he’s killing old men, women and children. my, bad i forgot he’s an israeli underneath. never mind.
we never kill woman and children and old people… we act when the time is right.. don’t know why everyone believes we are spying for israeli which is not true. and there is no reason for that mr zamani
more empty threats from iran.
and hezbollah warned they can hit isreal with thousands of missiles. guess what isreal made sure those will never fly. so would not be so confident that iran would be able to pull their plans off.