Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait ​of Hormuz if Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, ​the country’s Revolutionary Guards ​said in a statement on ⁠Sunday.

Trump on Saturday threatened ​to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants ​if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within ​48-hours, suggesting a significant ​escalation barely a day after he ‌talked ⁠about “winding down” the war, now in its fourth week.

In their Sunday statement Iran’s ​Revolutionary ​Guards ⁠also said companies with U.S. shares will ​be ‘completely destroyed’, if Iranian ​energy ⁠facilities were targeted by Washington and energy facilities ⁠in ​countries that host ​U.S. bases will be ‘lawful’ targets.

  • couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip
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    Worked on the Houthis though. Iran might be a tougher nut but they won’t sacrifice everything just to keep the Strait closed

    Then again, keeping power over the Strait is one of the most valuable pieces they still have on the board

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      What worked with Houthis? they kinda paused because genocide was kinda paused, their demands were met and they made it clear they are ready to join again to fight Epstein coalition.

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        4 days ago

        Oil AND gas.

        Which in turn will propagate to massive inflation in the West and possibly even problems with food production.

        Further they can fuck up the economy of the Gulf states which are allies of America to such a point that they end up in a death spiral from which they can’t recover.

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        Closing the straight is multifaceted, but yeah, hurting the global economy is pretty much their only strategy due to the asymmetric nature of this war.