APRIL 22 Iran says ready for U.S. waivers end, as Guards threaten to shut Hormuz
Iran says ready for U.S. waivers end, as Guards threaten to shut Hormuz - Reuters
“According to international law, the Strait of Hormuz is a marine passageway and if we are barred from using it, we will shut it down,” the semi-official news agency Fars quoted General Alireza Tangsiri as saying
Iran has threatened to disrupt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipment channel in the Gulf, if the United States tries to strangle Tehran’s economy by halting its oil exports.
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Iran is at the forefront of anti-Semitic attacks aimed at the Jewish state. And it’s run by a theocratic dictatorship that leads chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies, summarized Iran’s capabilities
The Strategic Threat from Iranian Hybrid Warfare in the Gulf
The Strategic Threat from Iranian Hybrid Warfare in the Gulf
"Iran also does not have to launch a major war. It can conduct sporadic, low-level attacks that do not necessarily provoke a major U.S. or Arab reaction, but create sudden risk premiums in petroleum prices and the equivalent of a war of attrition. Tankers are inherently vulnerable to relatively small anti-ship missiles and ucavs [unmanned combat aerial vehicles], and attacks by submersibles and radio-controlled small craft filled with high explosives. Iran can plant “smart” mines in the bottom of tanker routes that can detect large tankers and home in on them, and be set to arm at widely spaced intervals.
These methods of “hybrid” attack can be carried by individual ships … that are not part of Iran’s armed forces, that do not have Iranian flags or operators wearing Iranian uniforms, and that cannot be directly tied to actions by the Iranian government."
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for yesterday’s attacks, linking them with several other aggressive Iranian actions over the past month. He stated:
It is the assessment of the United States government that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the Gulf of Oman today. This assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication.
Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) | Twitter
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Iran is uniquely positioned to attack and upset global oil trade in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and the Bab el-Mandeb.
Also Iranian-backed Houthis are experienced at laying naval mines and using exploding boats to disrupt shipping along the third side: the Red Sea.
If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck,
and acts like a duck, odds are it is a duck.
