Iran cannot use Strait of Hormuz as ‘leverage’ against global economy: US treasury secretary<\/p>\n
Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, spokesperson for the Iranian Army. PHOTO: Press TV Breaking on X <\/p>\n
“A possible future war” with the US could spread across the region and bring energy and communications infrastructure into the conflict, an Iranian army spokesman warned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told the semi-official Mehr News Agency that Iran had previously warned that any \u201cmiscalculation\u201d by its adversaries would draw an immediate response and could expand the geographical scope of the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cA possible future war could encompass new arenas,\u201d Akraminia said.<\/p>\n
He pointed to the Bab al-Mandab Strait and a US base in Syria, saying both had become part of the conflict despite previously being outside its geographical scope.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, threats exist across the entire region, and we have the capabilities to confront and deal with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Akraminia said a possible future war could also involve new areas of confrontation, including energy and communications infrastructure across the region.<\/p>\n
He specifically cited energy infrastructure and communications links that largely run along the seabed in waters off Iran and the Arabian Peninsula and through the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n
\u201cWherever the enemy has interests, in the event of aggression, they could fall within the framework of legitimate targets of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Akraminia also urged Qatar to step up efforts to determine the fate of three Iranian pilots missing since an Iranian air operation against a US base in Qatar on March 2.<\/p>\n
He said two Iranian Sukhoi aircraft struck the base before being shot down on their return flight. The body of one of the four pilots, Majid Kazemi, was later recovered, while the other three remain missing.<\/p>\n
Qatar has denied holding the three pilots, saying its search-and-rescue teams recovered the remains of one pilot but found no evidence that the others were captured.<\/p>\n
Iran cannot use Strait of Hormuz as ‘leverage’ against global economy: US treasury secretary<\/p>\n
US Treasury Scott Bessent said in a call with Bahrain’s Minister of Finance and National Economy Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa that Iran “must not be permitted to threaten international commerce or use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the global economy\u201d, according to a post on X from the US Treasury Department.<\/p>\n
.@SecScottBessent<\/a> spoke today with Bahrain\u2019s Minister of Finance and National Economy, H.E. Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, to discuss Operation Economic Outcast.<\/p>\n Secretary Bessent stressed that Iran must not be permitted to threaten international commerce or use the\u2026<\/p>\n