New Delhi, March 23 -- Iran's Defence Council has said in a statement that any attack on the country's southern coast and islands will be met with cutting of the Gulf routes. The council said that all access routes in the Gulf will be mined with various types of sea mines, including the floating mines.

The threat from the Iranian authorities has come after reports that the United States was eyeing Kharg Island blockade to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for all shipping.

Kharg Island is Iran's main oil export hub.

"Any attempt to attack Iran's coasts or islands will cause all access routes in the Gulf (...) to be mined with various types of sea mines, including floating mines that can be released from the coast," the statement read.

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