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Iran warns main oil-trade route may be closed
Vital oil-trade route may be closed by Iran should U.S. and Western allies continue to impose sanctions on its nuclear programme in Tehran.
Around 40% of the world's oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz which links the Gulf - and the oil-producing states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - to the Indian Ocean.
Should the West impose further sanctions on Iran, Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned that a vital oil-trade route could be closed.
The United States and its allies believe that Iran is attempted to develop a nuclear weapon in their controversial nuclear programme while Tehran officials say the programme is solely for peaceful purposes.
New sanctions against Tehran were recently revealed by Western nations and further measures are being considered to target Iran’s oil and financial sectors.
Tehran has responded furiously and threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz which would be an easy task according to Iran’s navy chief Admiral Habibollah Sayari.
Around 40% of the world’s tanker-borne oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz which links the Gulf to the Indian Ocean.
U.S. State department officials believed that the threat is an attempt to distract attention from whether Iran decide to continue with their non-compliance to international nuclear obligations.
Should the sanctions and diplomacy fails, Washington and Israel said that military force against Iran’s nuclear facilities may be used.
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from the Strait of Hormuz sails most of the West's oil, that from Iraq and Kuwait. Iran is playing with fire, and its extremist leaders should be given a lesson they will never forget.
