Iran Threatens to Burn Ships Transiting the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to burn any ship attempting to transit the strategic Strait of Hormuz, after the Islamic Republic announced its closure following the start of the US-Israeli attack against it.

“The Strait of Hormuz has been closed. We will attack and set ablaze any ship attempting to cross,” Ebrahim Jabbari, a senior adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of IRGC, said in the Guards’ Telegram channel.

Jabarri added that oil pipelines in the region would be targeted as Iran seeks to stop all oil flowing from the region. “We will not let oil be exported from the region. The price of oil will reach $200 in the coming days.”