Iran threatens to close vital seaways over renewed blockadePublished on: July 16, 2026 10:54 AM
Pakistan, July 16 -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the US and its allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
"Regional energy exports are either shared by all, or denied to all," the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iran's IRNA state news on Wednesday.
Moreover, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Wednesday that there were no plans to engage in talks with the United States and the focus is solely on defending the country.
Speaking to reporters, Baghaei said Tehran would honour its international commitments only if Washington fulfilled its own obligation...
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