Iran stated this Wednesday, the 13th, that it will not allow the transport of weapons from the United States to regional bases through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Iranian press. A road security plan would have been finalized, in addition to another reward proposal for actions against American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
With the Iranian armed forces strategically controlling the Strait, “any country wishing to transit through the strait must do so under the supervision of the Iranian armed forces, ensuring damage-free passage,” said Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia, according to the television network PressTV.
The western part of the Strait would be under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, while the eastern section would be controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Navy.
The control, according to Akraminia, strengthens Iran’s “monitoring and sovereignty” in the region, in addition to generating profits from oil, PressTV reported. In the same vein, the president of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Azizi, stated that the country intends to use the route for “energy generation, economic production, defense and security, and maritime services”, also according to the broadcaster.
The Commission has finalized a plan for the development and security of the Strait, which will be analyzed when the country’s parliament resumes activities, reported the PressTV.
In addition, another proposal envisages the payment of €50 million by the country’s government for actions” against Trump and Netanyahu, and the commanders of the American Central Command (Centcom, its acronym in English) in retaliation for the death of Iranian leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei in February.
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Representatives “must be subjected to reciprocal action, the same action that led to the martyrdom of our leader. This is our right,” Azizi said, according to the PressTV.
