Iran threatens to quit nuclear treaty, break 'naval blockade' in Strait of Hormuz: report
Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran’s “legal right” to ensure national security, according to reports.
“Iran’s management of the Strait of Hormuz ends 50 years of insecurity in the Persian Gulf,” Iranian news agencies quoted Rezaei as saying, according to The Jersusalem Post.
Rezaei, who is subject to U.S. sanctions, also said that Iran has “strong reasons” for keeping control over the Strait, claiming Tehran’s objective is to prevent the Persian Gulf from becoming a center for military deployments and instability.
Rezaei's remarks were published Sunday by Mehr News Agency, a semi-official Iranian news outlet.
Meanwhile, Iran's official IRGC spokesperson Ibrahim Al-Fiqar warned if Hormuz was attacked, Tehran's forces would break the US blockade of Iranian ports.
At the same time, Al-Fiqar also threatened Iran leaving the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
"If the enemy attacks the Strait of Hormuz, we will break the naval blockade and may withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)," he said Sunday in a post shared on X.
Posted by Emma Bussey