The oil blockade will continue until US and Israeli attacks stop — Iran
The war has resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with tankers unable to move for over a week, forcing producers to halt production.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated on Tuesday that if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, they will not allow even "a single liter of oil" to be shipped from the Middle East. Reuters reports on this.
It is noted that in response to this statement, Trump warned Iran that if it attempts to block tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. strikes will intensify further.
"We will hit them so hard that neither they nor anyone else helping them will be able to rebuild that area," Trump said at a press conference on Monday.
Trump's statement caused sharp fluctuations in global financial markets on Monday, as investors were concerned that Iran's security structures, having united behind the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, might not surrender in the short term.
Trump stated that the U.S. has inflicted serious damage on the Iranian military and predicted that the conflict would end well before the initial four-week period, but did not specify what victory would look like. Israel, meanwhile, stated that the war's objective is to overthrow Iran's clerical governance system.
U.S. officials primarily say Washington's goal is to eliminate Iran's missile capabilities and nuclear program, but Trump has stated that the war can only end with the establishment of an obedient government in Iran.
According to Iran's ambassador to the UN, since the U.S. and Israel began air and missile strikes across Iran in late February, at least 1,332 civilians have been killed and thousands injured.
