IRGC: Iran to close Hormuz Strait if it is barred to use it

TEHRAN - Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri warned on Monday that Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz if it is barred from using it.

IRGC seizes shipment of smuggled fuel in Strait of Hormuz

TEHRAN – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri announced on Wednesday that the IRGC has seized 12.5 million liters of smuggled fuel in the Strait of Hormuz.

IRGC Navy chief: Hormuz Strait to remain open as long as Iran sells oil

TEHRAN - Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the IRGC Navy chief, has said that the Strait of Hormuz will remain open as long as Iran sells its oil.

Iran Army fires cruise missiles, torpedoes in war game

TEHRAN – Iran’s Navy on Saturday fired several homegrown cruise missiles and torpedoes from its vessels and submarines on the second day of war games in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Fars reported.

Iran airs video of encounter with USS Theodore Roosevelt

TEHRAN – Iran’s national TV on Saturday broadcast footage of a close encounter between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the passageway for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.

Decision on Hormuz Strait dependent on Iran’s interests: Navy chief

TEHRAN - Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said on Tuesday that any decision on the strategic Strait of Hormuz is dependent on Iran’s interests.

Iran able to ‘adopt any strategy’ in Strait of Hormuz: military chief

TEHRAN - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri issued a statement on Tuesday saying Iran is capable of adopting "any strategy" in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf region.

Strait of Hormuz must be open for all or no one, general warns

TEHRAN – The Iranian Army Ground Force chief on Sunday supported President Hassan Rouhani’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz if Iran would not be able to export its oil, saying the strait must be open to all or no one, Mehr reported.

Rouhani cautions the U.S. that ‘war with Iran would be the mother of all wars’

Mr. Trump, ‘do not play with the lion’s tail’, Rouhani warns

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday warned his American counterpart, Donald Trump, about his hostile stance against Iran, saying, “Mr. Trump, do not play with the lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret.”

Tehran would close Strait of Hormuz in retaliation against oil embargo: MP

TEHRAN – Deputy Majlis Speaker Ali Motahari said on Tuesday that “Tehran’s response to U.S. threats of reducing Iran’s oil revenues to zero will be closing the Strait of Hormuz.”