Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz if Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, the country’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Sunday.
Trump on Saturday threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48-hours, suggesting a significant escalation barely a day after he talked about “winding down” the war, now in its fourth week.
In their Sunday statement Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said companies with U.S. shares will be ‘completely destroyed’, if Iranian energy facilities were targeted by Washington and energy facilities in countries that host U.S. bases will be ‘lawful’ targets.
I thought they were mining the strait? How are they gonna control who hits the mines?
Anyone that mines keeps charts to keep their own ships clear.
They put mines on the international part, not their own lanes.
They can’t, which is why I’m skeptical that they actually laid any mines.
And it looks like at at least some level, the Trump administration assumed their only means of closing the straight was mines, which would have prevented them from using it as well.
Iran’s new strategy of selective closure via missiles and drones clearly surprised the Trump administration.
They guide or pilot through the unmined passages.