Iran will not allow trade through the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea if the United States continues its naval blockade of the Islamic Republic, said Gen. Ali Abdollahi, the commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
"If the aggressive and terrorist America continues its illegal actions to organize a naval blockade in the region and pose a security threat to Iranian commercial vessels and oil tankers these US steps may lead to the ceasefire violation, while the Iranian Armed Forces will not allow the continuation of export and import supplies through the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea," he was quoted as saying by the Mehr agency.
"Iran will act decisively to defend its sovereignty and its national interests," Abdollahi added.
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Iran’s military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the US naval blockade on Iranian ports continues.
ReplyDeleteIn a statement carried by Iranian state television, the head of the military’s central command center said if the US continues with its blockade and “creates insecurity for Iran’s commercial vessels and oil tankers,” it will also constitute “a prelude” to violating the ceasefire.
tracking data on Tuesday indicated that several ships sailing from Iranian ports had crossed the Strait of Hormuz despite the blockade.
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday, Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted unnamed informed sources as saying that shipping from Iran’s southern ports had continued.
It added that Iranian “commercial vessels have set sail for various destinations around the world” during the past 24 hours.
The US-sanctioned tanker Rich Starry made its way back to the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after exiting the Gulf the day before, shipping data showed, failing to break through a US blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports.
ReplyDeleteA US destroyer stopped two oil tankers attempting to leave the Iranian port of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday, a US official said.
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