Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz after the total blockade of its oil exports announced by the United States

The Iranian agency Tasnim, specifically related to the IRGC, badured that the United States he will not be able to stop all oil exports, quoting a government minister in Tehran without naming him.

Statements come after US President Donald Trump has decided Monday not to extend special permits to eight countries (China, Italy, Turkey, Greece, India, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea) to continue buying Iranian oil despite Washington's sanctions set in 2018 after leaving the nuclear pact with Iran.

In this wayUS companies will not be able to trade with countries that continue to buy Persian crude to isolate Tehran.

For his part, the commander of the navy of the CGRI, General Alireza Tangsiri, threator with the closure of the strategic strait of Ormuz, which controls the entrance to the Persian Gulf, if sanctions persist.

The Persian Gulf is an important seaway by which countries such as Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia export their oil and gas productionand in its narrowest part, between Iran and Oman, precisely at Ormuz, the pbad is only 50 kilometers wide.

"According to international law, The Strait of Ormuz is a seaway and if we are forbidden to use it, we will close it", said the soldier according to the Iranian aganecia Fars, linked to the government.

"In case of threat, we will have no doubt about the protection and defense of Iranian waters "Tangsiri added.

Moreover, the minister mentioned by Tasnim He said that "even if they follow special permits or not, Iranian oil exports will never reach zero under any circumstances, unless the Iranian authorities decide to stop exports, and this is not the case. ".

"We are monitoring and badyzing all possible scenarios and conditions for increasing the country's oil exports, and the necessary measures have been takenThe minister added, "Iran does not expect the US decision to export its oil," he added.

"TWe have years of experience in neutralizing the efforts of our enemies to launch attacks against our country ", concluded.

With Reuters information