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Iran says it will respond with “long and painful strikes” on US positions in the Gulf region like Washington they will do it again attack, and it has repeated its claims in the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting the United States’ plans to cooperate to reopen the waterway.
Two months into the US-Israeli war in Iran, the problem was closed, removing 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas. This has caused energy prices to rise around the world and increased concerns about financial risks.
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Pakistan-led efforts to end the conflict have hit a snag. Despite the end of the war since April 8, Iran continues to prevent the crisis in response to the blockade of the US military on its ports, banning the export of oil – Tehran’s economic strategy.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei defended the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. “This is because of the war and the defense of our freedom – that is, according to international law, it is legal, legitimate, and legitimate,” he said on Thursday night, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
He accused the US of “using the waterway” that Iran is a coastal state. “In that case, you cannot allow this waterway to be misused,” he said.
Baghaei also justified the attack on US assets in the Gulf countries.
“Unfortunately, the countries of the region also committed injustice; in the holy month of Ramadan, they joined forces with a foreign group in attacking the Islamic world, and this is something that will be important forever.”
On Thursday, the United Arab Emirates said it had banned its citizens from traveling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq, and urged those in those countries to leave immediately and return home.
Then, on Friday, in response to Iran’s threat to defeat the goals in the Gulf, the adviser to the President of the UAE, Anwar Gargash, said: “There is no plan of Iran that can be trusted or trusted, following its treacherous attacks on all its neighbors.”
The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, also condemned what he said was Iran’s aggression against Manama and accused Tehran of threatening security and stability and exposing its collaborators.
In his speech, the king expressed his anger at the people and some MPs accused of collaborating with the terrorists, warning that the criminals could be arrested, stripped of their citizenship and deported. He emphasized that the integrity of the country is “very important”, to strengthen cooperation and accountability, and said that the parliament should be “cleansed” of those who support the enemy.
A new attack on the US?
It is unclear whether the US plans to restore its sanctions against Iran.
Friday is the deadline for Congress to approve the war. Without this – or a 30-day extension, which the Trump administration must also justify by the deadline – the US must limit its offensive under the 1973 War Powers Resolution.
The commander-in-chief said on Thursday that, in order to resolve the situation, the violence ended with the beginning of April a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington, and reset the clock.
President Donald Trump received a briefing from officials on Thursday about plans for further military action to force Iran to negotiate a settlement, the US publication Axios reported, citing sources.
US Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal told CNN on Thursday that he “has a feeling from some short-term sources”, and from other sources, that “imminent military strikes are on the table”.
He said it was “deeply disturbing” because it would “put American sons and daughters at risk” and cause “serious casualties”.
Preparing to attack
Meanwhile, Iran has been preparing for potential threats. Air defense operations were heard in parts of the capital Tehran late Thursday, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported, and Tasnim newspaper reported that the air defense was using small drones and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that a new US attack on Iran, although limited, could lead to “long and painful strikes” on its territory. Iranian media reports, quoting the head of the air force, Majid Mousavi, said: “We have seen what happened to your airfields, we will also see what is happening to your warships.”
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a letter to the Iranian public that “hostile aggression on the waterway” will be stopped under the new strait administration, indicating that Tehran wants to maintain its control.
“Visitors who come from thousands of kilometers away … have no place there except under its waters,” he said.
Several events
Commenting from the White House, in Washington, DC, Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna said: “We have no doubt that there have been various scenarios presented to him (Trump) by his military advisers and by his intelligence advisers on what to do if the ceasefire is not extended.”
“Obviously, this would involve other tools, other economic incentives.”
“There’s no doubt that President Trump has all kinds of things laid out in front of him, but clearly, he and he alone will decide what to do,” Hanna added.
