CAIRO – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards senior official said on March 2 that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass, Iranian media reported.
This is Iran’s most explicit warning since telling ships it was closing the export route on Feb 28, a move that threatens to choke a fifth of global oil flows and send crude prices sharply higher.
“The Strait (of Hormuz) is closed. If anyone tries to pass, the heroes of the Revolutionary Guards and the regular navy will set those ships ablaze,” Mr Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the Guards commander-in-chief, said in remarks carried by state media.
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