A defiant Iran on Monday accused the US of “piracy” following President Trump’s vow to dam the Strait of Hormuz — because the regime taunted that the looming blockade would quickly make People “nostalgic” for $4 fuel.
Iran’s armed forces claimed Trump’s risk to dam Iranian ports and limit vessels in worldwide waters from 10 a.m. ET was unlawful and the Islamic Republic would decisively implement a “everlasting mechanism” to manage the vital oil chokepoint.
“The prison actions of America in proscribing maritime transit in worldwide waters are unlawful and represent piracy,” an Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson stated.
“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran clearly and firmly declare that safety of ports within the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is both for everybody or for nobody.”
Iran warned that if Iranian ports had been threatened, “no port within the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman will stay protected.”
The threats got here as Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, sneered that People would really feel the pinch on the fuel pump following the ultimatum to dam the waterway.
“Benefit from the present pump figures,” he wrote on X. “With the so-called ‘blockade’, Quickly you’ll be nostalgic for $4–$5 fuel.”
Trump, for his half, has vowed to combat again in opposition to Iran’s “WORLD EXTORTION” and make sure that nobody paying tolls to the regime will get by means of the vital oil chokepoint.
“Efficient instantly, the United States Navy, the Best within the World, will start the method of BLOCKADING any and all Ships making an attempt to enter, or depart, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump stated on Reality Social on Sunday.
“In some unspecified time in the future, we’ll attain an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ foundation, however Iran has not allowed that to occur by merely saying, ‘There could also be a mine on the market someplace,’ that no person is aware of about however them.
“THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Nations, particularly the USA of America, won’t ever be extorted.
“Nobody who pays an unlawful toll can have protected passage on the excessive seas.”
With Submit wires
