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Iran’s IRGC Warns Gulf Ports at Risk After U.S. Hormuz Blockade
(MENAFN) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a stark warning Monday, declaring that "no port in the Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe" following Washington's imposition of a sweeping blockade on all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement carried by a state broadcaster, the IRGC asserted that regional port security is "either for everyone or for no one," signaling Tehran's readiness to escalate in response to the American naval measure.
The IRGC further declared that Iranian armed forces "consider the defense of the country's legal rights a natural and lawful duty, and therefore the exercise of sovereignty over Iran's territorial waters is a natural right of the Iranian nation."
The statement drew a clear distinction between allied and hostile vessels, warning that "enemy-affiliated vessels" would be denied passage through the strait entirely, while other ships may be permitted transit under conditions and regulations determined solely by Tehran.
Invoking what it described as "continuing enemy threats," the IRGC announced that Iran "will firmly implement a permanent mechanism for controlling the Strait of Hormuz" — a posture it indicated would outlast the current conflict. The statement also lashed out at Washington directly, declaring: "The restrictions imposed by the criminal United States on maritime movement in international waters are illegal and amount to piracy."
The U.S. blockade took effect at 1400 GMT Monday, following a weekend of rare direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran in the Pakistani capital Islamabad — talks aimed at ending a war that erupted on Feb. 28 after a joint U.S.-Israeli offensive against Tehran. The discussions concluded without a breakthrough.
In a statement carried by a state broadcaster, the IRGC asserted that regional port security is "either for everyone or for no one," signaling Tehran's readiness to escalate in response to the American naval measure.
The IRGC further declared that Iranian armed forces "consider the defense of the country's legal rights a natural and lawful duty, and therefore the exercise of sovereignty over Iran's territorial waters is a natural right of the Iranian nation."
The statement drew a clear distinction between allied and hostile vessels, warning that "enemy-affiliated vessels" would be denied passage through the strait entirely, while other ships may be permitted transit under conditions and regulations determined solely by Tehran.
Invoking what it described as "continuing enemy threats," the IRGC announced that Iran "will firmly implement a permanent mechanism for controlling the Strait of Hormuz" — a posture it indicated would outlast the current conflict. The statement also lashed out at Washington directly, declaring: "The restrictions imposed by the criminal United States on maritime movement in international waters are illegal and amount to piracy."
The U.S. blockade took effect at 1400 GMT Monday, following a weekend of rare direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran in the Pakistani capital Islamabad — talks aimed at ending a war that erupted on Feb. 28 after a joint U.S.-Israeli offensive against Tehran. The discussions concluded without a breakthrough.
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