Tehran (dpa) – Iran on Tuesday warned with closing the Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, which is a vital transit route in the region for international oil exports. “If (Western countries) sanctioned Iranian oil, then we would not allow one drop of oil to cross the Strait of Hormuz,” Iranian Vice President Mohammd-Reza Rahimi was quoted by the official news agency as saying. Rahimi's remarks followed a clear statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry that Tehran had no plans to close the Strait of Hormuz. “We have several times announced that closing the Strait of Hormuz has never been on our agenda as we believe in peace and tranquility in the region,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said just last week. The spokesman noted: “If the region would face a war-like situation, then everything would then become war-like.” Israel and the United States have not ruled out military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, over fears that Tehran's civilian nuclear projects are a cover for a secret nuclear weapons program. Tehran has repeatedly denied an military nuclear ambitions but warned that, in case of an Israeli attack, its medium-range missiles could reach all of Israel. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/plTXj Tags: Diplomacy, Hormuz, Persian Gulf Section: Iran, Latest News
