Iran threatened the United States with a similar answer in the case of the capture of Iranian oil tankers. This was stated by the press secretary of the Corps of Guardians of the Iranian Revolution (KSIR) Ramazan Sharif to the official news agency Iri.
“Iran has the opportunity to take revenge and stop any atrocities of the United States, including the capture of our ships,” he said.
According to the Sharif that Iran will take all the necessary measures against the possible US actions.
, due to unilateral sanctions, the USA periodically confiscate Iranian tankers transporting raw oil and sell oil from these vessels at auctions. Iran, in turn, prevents the movement of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on the grounds that they “do not comply with marine rules.”
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