30 minutes agoIran's navy rejects Trump's request to open Hormuz Strait
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(3 months ago)It appears Iran has flatly rejected Donald Trump's demands to open the Strait of Hormuz after the American president issued a threat filled with harsh words for escalation of attacks. An account attributed to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Marine Corps (IRGC) said in an X post: “Nutica of Hormuz [...]
An account attributed to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Marine Corps (IRGC) said in an X post: “Hormuz Bay will never return to its previous state, especially for America and Israel”.
IRC's “Marina is in the process of completing operational preparations for Iran officials' Clear Plan for new order in the Persian Gulf”.
The statement appears to refer to a plan adopted by Iran's parliament to load several ships together with the ban of American and Israeli ships from crossing the straits, according to local media reports.
Lloyd '%s' List Intelligence said Iran was already operating what it called a payment regime, adding that some transport firms had already made payments in Chinese currency, reports Telegraph, broadcast Periscope.
Analysts have also suggested that Iran is unlikely to open the strait soon, because it is the only real lever that has over the US.
Iran has weapons of mass trouble
Ali Vaez, director of Iran's Project on the International Crisis Group, an organisation to prevent conflict, told Reuters that Iran understands that the impasse in the Strait “is much more powerful than even a” nuclear weapon.
“In efforts to prevent Iran from developing a mass destruction weapon, the US gave Iran a weapon for mass trouble”, he added.
Experts have told Reuters that any military operation to reopen the waterway, which divides Iran and Oman, includes significant risks.
The storm is 21 miles (33 km) wide at its narrowest point, but the shipping lane itself is only two miles (3 km) wide for ships travelling in both directions, making ships and troops easy targets. /Periscope
