An Iranian Revolutionary Guards senior official said on Monday (March 2) that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass, Iranian media reported.
Iran vows to attack any ship trying to pass through Strait of Hormuz
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“We will burn any ship that tries to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” General Sardar Jabbari said in a post on the Guards’ Telegram channel.
“We will also attack oil pipelines and will not allow a single drop of oil to leave the region. Oil price will reach $200 in the coming days.”
This is Iran’s most explicit warning since telling ships it was closing the export route on Saturday, a move that threatens to choke a fifth of global oil flows and send crude prices sharply higher.
U.S. Central Command said the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for the world’s oil supply, is not closed despite statements by Iranian officials, Fox News reported on Monday.
CENTCOM did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The strait connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
U.S. and Israeli stroke Iran on February 28 seeking to topple its leaders, with U.S. President Donald Trump offering Iranians help in ousting the ruling clerics.
In response, Iran fired several barrages of missiles at its Gulf neighbors hosting U.S. military bases such as Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Tehran also fired missiles at the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
