The U.S. naval blockade of Iran remains in effect even as the suspension of the U.S. bombing campaign passes into its fourth day. Therefore, the Strait of Hormuz remains a flashpoint for the resumption of fighting.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters warned yesterday that the continuation of the blockade would mean a broadened war on Iran. “In continuation of the evil and insecurity in the region and following the implementation of the illegal naval blockade of Iran, the United States has threatened Iranian vessels, commercial ships and tankers in the coastal and territorial waters of our country over the past three days,” it said, according to IRNA. “We warn that this American action is considered an expansion of war in the region and, as the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have proven in the field, they will not leave any threat and evil from that country’s terrorist army unanswered and will deal with it.”
