Iran stated on Wednesday, the 13th, that it would not allow the transport of weapons from the United States to regional bases through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian press. A plan for the security of the route had been finalized, along with another bounty proposal for actions against the American president Donald Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
With the Iranian armed forces strategically controlling the Strait, “any country wishing to transit the strait must do so under the supervision of Iran’s armed forces, ensuring a passage without damage,” said the spokesman for the Iranian army, Mohammad Akraminia, according to the television network PressTV.
The western part of the Strait would be under the command of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, in English), while the eastern stretch would be controlled by the Army’s Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The control, according to Akraminia, strengthens Iran’s “monitoring and sovereignty” in the region, as well as generating profits from oil, PressTV reported. In the same vein, the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Ebrahim Azizi, stated that the country intends to use the route for “power generation, economic production, defense and security, and maritime services,” also according to the broadcaster.
The Commission is said to have finalized a plan for the development and security of the Strait, which will be examined when the country’s parliament resumes activities, PressTV reported.
Additionally, another proposal envisions the payment of €50 million by the country’s government for actions against Trump and Netanyahu, and for retaliation by the commanders of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in response to the death of the Iranian leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei in February.
The representatives “must be subjected to reciprocal action, the same action that led to the martyrdom of our leader. This is our right,” Azizi said, according to PressTV.
