Iran renews Hormuz closure threats

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Iran renewed threats on Sunday to close the Strait of Hormuz unless sanctions against it were revoked, though it remains unclear how Tehran could shut down the vital oil shipping channel given the significant American military presence there.

The Iranian parliament is considering a bill calling for the strait to be closed. The assembly has little control over national defense and foreign policy decisions and, while the bill would be largely symbolic, it would indicate the legislature’s support behind any leadership decision to close the strait.

“(Under the bill) the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will continue until the annulment of all the sanctions imposed against Iran,” lawmaker Javad Karimi Qoddousi was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

The bill will be taken up by parliament this month, said another lawmaker, Seyed Mehdi Moussavinejad, Fars reported.

Foreign and national defence policy rests with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, through which 40 percent of the world’s seaborne oil exports passes, in retaliation for sanctions placed on its crude exports by Western powers.

The sanctions were imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at creating an atomic weapon and Tehran says is for peaceful energy purposes.

The United States has beefed up its presence in the Gulf, adding a navy ship last week to help mine-clearing operations if Iran were to act on its threats.

The Iranian chief of staff of the armed forces, Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi, said on Sunday that any decision to close the strait would have to come from Khamenei, with the Supreme National Security Council advising him, according to Fars.

Military analysts have cast doubt on Iran’s willingness to block the slender waterway, given the massive U.S.-led retaliation it would likely incur.

Alarmed by the Iranian threats, the United Arab Emirates has completed a long-awaited oil export terminal on the Gulf of Oman, loading the first cargo on Sunday. The Gulf OPEC member hopes to increase exports from the new facility to around 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd).

An Iranian official said on Sunday that the UAE pipeline would not be able to meet the world’s oil demand if the Strait of Hormuz were closed.

Reuters

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22 responses to “Iran renews Hormuz closure threats”

  1. rossoferrari Avatar
    rossoferrari

    It is only a bark no bite though… One way to divert and distract the iranians from the real internal issues.

    1. 73Corty77 Avatar
      73Corty77

      I hope those animals test the waters. Nobody should ever under estimate Iran and how powerful it is. 

      1. yazidi Avatar

        only true belivers with the help of alla will defeat the force of darkness not the monafiqin of faqihi iran…….iran now is made of (israeal and the usa) and this movie (iran) will be finished soon by the director….

        1. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          Yazidi Seriously, where the hell do you get your info from. OH sorry that’s right, from hadis.
          How could I forget

        2. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          Yazidi Seriously, where the hell do you get your info from. OH sorry that’s right, from hadis.
          How could I forget

      2. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        The question can they win a war? Which war? Invade Qatar?
        Strength alone as in defenses doesn’t do much.
        Also iran will fail from within. Doesn’t need a war to break. The people are fed up with the Islamist state.
        Bottom line best they got is HA as a teaser for Israel.

        1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
          Mahdi Kenaani

          Yeah they are fed up with the islamist state and iranians want to replace it with a zionist state! LOOOOOOL

      3. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        The question can they win a war? Which war? Invade Qatar?
        Strength alone as in defenses doesn’t do much.
        Also iran will fail from within. Doesn’t need a war to break. The people are fed up with the Islamist state.
        Bottom line best they got is HA as a teaser for Israel.

        1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
          Mahdi Kenaani

          Yeah they are fed up with the islamist state and iranians want to replace it with a zionist state! LOOOOOOL

      4. rossoferrari Avatar
        rossoferrari

        Tsk tsk…. you need to come to your senses. iran will self destruct from within, just like MeYosemite  stated down below. Indeed powerful, but in deceit, may be you should join them.

        1. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          Ok, just because you and MeYosemite think this it means its going to happen. If you both say you wish it will happen then I would respect your comments more. Iran is on its way as being a super power.That a fact. All that gets in its way will be stepped on like a cockroach  That’s also a fact. So I think its time you wake up to yourself and accept this reality.

      5. rossoferrari Avatar
        rossoferrari

         Seriously!!!!!!!!!!! What are you sniffing,get your nose out of your ass and be real. Ain’t going to happen, they are cowards and will not dare to open that front. It will be an invitation to get the gulf countries, EU/ and the western allies and lest not forget the israelis, to flatten iran and you can hear them yelling allah akbar and karameni and a/j will be cheering the occasion in their dungeons just like zabralla.

      6. rossoferrari Avatar
        rossoferrari

         Seriously!!!!!!!!!!! What are you sniffing,get your nose out of your ass and be real. Ain’t going to happen, they are cowards and will not dare to open that front. It will be an invitation to get the gulf countries, EU/ and the western allies and lest not forget the israelis, to flatten iran and you can hear them yelling allah akbar and karameni and a/j will be cheering the occasion in their dungeons just like zabralla.

  2. rossoferrari Avatar
    rossoferrari

    It is only a bark no bite though… One way to divert and distract the iranians from the real internal issues.

    1. 73Corty77 Avatar
      73Corty77

      I hope those animals test the waters. Nobody should ever under estimate Iran and how powerful it is. 

      1. yazidi Avatar

        only true belivers with the help of alla will defeat the force of darkness not the monafiqin of faqihi iran…….iran now is made of (israeal and the usa) and this movie (iran) will be fished soon by the director….

        1. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          Yazidi Seriously, where the hell do you get your info from. OH sorry that’s right, from hadis.
          I could I forget

      2. MeYosemite Avatar
        MeYosemite

        The question can they win a war? Which war? Invade Qatar?
        Strength alone as in defenses doesn’t do much.
        Also iran will fail from within. Doesn’t need a war to break. The people are fed up with the Islamist state.
        Bottom line best they got is HA as a teaser for Israel.

        1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
          Mahdi Kenaani

          Yeah they are fed up with the islamist state and iranians want to replace it with a zionist state! LOOOOOOL

      3. rossoferrari Avatar
        rossoferrari

        Tsk tsk…. you need to come to your senses. iran will self destruct from within, just like MeYosemite  stated down below. Indeed powerful, but in deceit, may be you should join them.

        1. 73Corty77 Avatar
          73Corty77

          Ok, just because you and MeYosemite think this it means its going to happen. If you both say you wish it will happen then I would respect your comments more. Iran is on its way as being a super power.That a fact. All that gets in its way will be stepped on like a cockroach  That’s also a fact. So I think its time you wake up to yourself and accept this reality.

      4. rossoferrari Avatar
        rossoferrari

         Seriously!!!!!!!!!!! What are you sniffing,get your nose out of your ass and be real. Ain’t going to happen, they are cowards and will not dare to open that front. It will be an invitation to get the gulf countries, EU/ and the western allies and lest not forget the israelis, to flatten iran and you can hear them yelling allah akbar and karameni and a/j will be cheering the occasion in their dungeons just like zabralla.

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