TEHRAN, April 16 — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei has warned that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could break the ongoing ceasefire between Iran and the United States, said a RIA Novosti report on Thursday.
Calling the blockade a provocative act, Baghaei said Iran’s armed forces were prepared to take necessary action.
The statement came amid growing concerns over the stability of the ceasefire, which was initially brokered to de-escalate tensions between the two nations.
Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf also stressed on social media that Lebanon must be included in any ceasefire agreement.
He credited Hezbollah’s resistance and the unity of the resistance front for the progress in Lebanon, urging the United States to honor the deal.
In a separate interview with Iran’s ISNA News Agency, Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military advisor to Iran’s supreme leader, said Iran was prepared for a prolonged war, despite the U.S. threat of a maritime blockade.
He emphasized that Iran would not compromise on its conditions in the negotiations.
Rezaei criticized the United States for trying to act as the “policeman” of the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Iran would never relinquish its rights to the vital waterway. (Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
