Tehran, June 1 -- : Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency has suggested that Tehran may be preparing to widen pressure on global shipping by encouraging Yemen's Houthi militants to target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
As per the IRGC-affiliated agency's report, the development comes as tensions between Iran and the US continued to rise over alleged ceasefire violations and as fighting intensified between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.
According to Tasnim, Iran has suspended its indirect negotiations with Washington and is considering expanding pressure beyond the already disrupted Strait of Hormuz.
The agency claimed that Iran and its regional allies had placed "the complete blockade of the Strait of H...