Amid US sanctions, Iran threatens again to close Strait of Hormuz | World News, The Indian Express

Amid US sanctions, Iran threatens again to close Strait of Hormuz | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Tehran |Published: December 4, 2018 4:08:40 pm

Amid US sanctions, Iran threatens again to close Strait of Hormuz

The state TV quotes Rouhani as saying on Tuesday that ``if someday, the United States decides to block Iran's oil (exports), no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf.'' The strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf is crucial to global energy supplies.

Rouhani also pledged that the United States wouldn’t be able to prevent Iran from exporting its crude. (AP)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened again to close the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea