Iran threatened to block the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea if the United States landed ground forces on the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf or "anywhere else" in Iran, while also warning to open "other fronts as a surprise," a military source told the semi-official Tasnim News Agency on Wednesday.
"The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is considered one of the world’s strategic straits, and Iran has both the will and the capability to generate a fully credible threat against it. Therefore, if the Americans want to take foolish measures regarding the Strait of Hormuz, they should be careful not to add another strait to their list of problems," the source stated, again emphasizing the Middle Eastern country was "prepared for escalation."
His comments come amid reports of the US moving ground troops to the region and rumors of their possible deployment on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf or the Iranian mainland. On the other hand, US President Donald Trump claimed Iran was negotiating, which Tehran had denied.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Iran-may-block-passage-through-Red-Sea/65950485
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