The American blockade is trying to make Iran “collapse from inside”, says a senior official

According to Iran's state television, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibach, who has emerged as a key figure since the beginning of the conflict, says the US blockade aims to plant <x0 economic pressure and internal divisions”.

He says Donald Trump “divides the country into two groups: hard-line and moderate, and then he immediately talks about a maritime blockade to force Iran to undergo through economic pressure and internal disputes”.

The enemy has entered a new phase and wants to activate economic pressure and internal divisions through the naval blockade and media advertising to weaken or even cause us to collapse from within”, he adds.

The response from Iran comes at a time when it is reported that the US Army has spent approximately $25 billion on fighting Iran since its beginning in late February.

Thus, as foreign media reports report, Telegrafi conveys, Pentagon's top financial official told lawmakers Wednesday.

As noted further, most of these expenditures are for ammunition, but part of them is for maintenance and replacement of equipment, said Yules “Jay” Hurst in front of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. /Periscope