Iran threatens oil export shutdown
Iran has warned that any country helping the United States’ economic pressure campaign could be treated as taking part in war. Iran’s newly appointed Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Major General Mohsen Rezaei said Iran could halt all oil exports, including shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, if the pressure continues. The message was framed as a response to Washington’s efforts to cut Iran’s oil income and isolate its financial system.
"If the economic war continues, not a single drop of oil will be exported, neither through the Strait of Hormuz nor from anywhere in the Persian Gulf," Rezaei stated. "Iran will regard any country’s participation in or support for America’s economic war against the Iranian people as an act of war," he added.
Rezaei’s remarks come against the backdrop of an intensifying US economic warfare campaign.
The threat comes as the United States prepares a new sanctions drive aimed at Iran’s oil sales, banks, shipping networks, and trade channels. American officials say the goal is to choke off revenue and limit Tehran’s ability to fund state institutions and regional allies.
Iran is already under heavy economic strain. Prices remain high, the currency is weak, and people in major cities are struggling to find affordable goods and medicines. Each US dollar has reached more than two million Iranian rials.
Markets have shown signs of slowdown, while small businesses say foreign products are becoming harder to obtain and too expensive for many customers. Officials have acknowledged widespread hardship but say the country is facing an economic, military, and security war.
Analysts say fresh sanctions would hit ordinary people first, reducing purchasing power, raising import costs, and deepening pressure on families, workers, pensioners, and small firms.
