According to Iranian media, the IRGC has warned of closing all export corridors that benefit the US and its allies.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to close all major export corridors in the Middle East. According to Iranian media, the IRGC has warned that it will close all export corridors that benefit the United States and its allies. Earlier, the IRGC announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz last Sunday. After that, the United States also reimposed a blockade on Hormuz.
'Either everyone gets a share of regional energy exports, or no one gets a share,' Iran's IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a statement issued by the IRGC.
Analysts said Iran has indicated that it will close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway in the Red Sea. This waterway is controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels. The group is backed by Iran. This narrow waterway connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
Countries including Saudi Arabia export their crude oil through this route. With the Strait of Hormuz already closed, the closure of this waterway will bring the Gulf nation's oil trade to a standstill.
Earlier on Monday, a senior Houthi official warned that his group would seize the waterway if Saudi Arabia continued its attacks. He also warned that the price of crude oil would reach $200 per barrel if the waterway was closed.
Earlier on Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump, speaking to Fox News, threatened to attack Iran's bridges and power plants.
'The next week will be very bad for them. If they don't come to the negotiating table, we will destroy all their power plants and bridges.'
President Trump had previously threatened to bomb Iran's civilian infrastructure, bridges and power plants in April.
Responding immediately to Trump's threat, UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned that deliberately attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure would be a war crime.
The 1949 Geneva Convention also completely prohibits attacks on physical structures considered essential to civilians.
Despite the initiative of mediators for talks, the two countries have been at war for almost a week. The US military also carried out airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure on Wednesday.
According to the US Central Command, the military operation lasted for about 90 minutes on Wednesday afternoon. In the past few days, 30 civilians have been killed and 260 injured in US attacks in southern Iran, Iranian officials said.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has also attacked Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan. The IRGC claimed on Wednesday that the headquarters of the US Navy (Fifth Fleet) in Bahrain was destroyed.
