The army of Iran threatened on Sunday to completely close the strategic Strait of Hormuz If the American president donald trump attacks the country’s power plants.
The army of Iran threatened on Sunday to completely close the strategic Strait of Hormuz If the American president donald trump attacks the country’s power plants.
“If US threats regarding Iran’s power plants are carried out (…) the Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed and will not reopen until our destroyed power plants have been rebuilt“said the army’s operational command Khatam Al Anbiya in a statement broadcast on state television.
Iran It has practically already closed this strategic sea route, but a relatively small number of ships have been able to transit through it, around 5% of their pre-war volume, according to the analysis company Kpler.
The exchange of threats fueled concern about nuclear plants, after more than three weeks of a war that challenges the global economy due to the possibility that the sharp rise in oil prices will generate inflation.
Trump — under strong pressure from rising fuel prices in a midterm election year — gave an ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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If this key route for global hydrocarbon trade is not reopened, “The United States will attack and destroy its various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE LARGEST!“said the president of USA in a post on Truth Social.
Iran responded immediately. The powerful president of Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibafthreatened to destroy “irreversibly” the energy, information technology and water desalination infrastructures of the region.
He also warned that this will raise oil prices by “a long time”.
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