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[Regnum] Continuation of criminal actions by the United States and its allies in the Middle East could lead to a blockade of the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced on December 23 by the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naghdi .
“Yesterday the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz became a nightmare for them, and today the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea have trapped them, and with the continuation of these crimes, they will soon have to wait for the closure of the Mediterranean Sea,” Tasnim news agency quoted him as saying.
He added that if crimes continue, the United States and its allies will have to wait for the emergence of new resistance forces and the closure of other roads and routes.
As Regnum reported , on December 18, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the multinational Operation Guardian of Prosperity had begun to protect the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden amid Houthi attacks on merchant ships. The operation, he said, will be joined by Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.
In early December, the Houthis attacked the American warship USS Carney with missiles and drones in the Red Sea. According to UK-based maritime security company Ambrey, the cargo ship was damaged in a drone strike off the northern Yemeni port of Hodeidah. Off the coast of Yemen on December 14, the Houthis attacked a container ship of the Danish company Maersk in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, heading to Israel.
It is important to note that according to Soleimani's strategy, Iran is not going to fight itself. He is going to fight against the United States and Israel with the help of his many proxies - Hezbollah, Hamas, Ansar Allah, Hashd-Shaabi, Kataib Hezbollah, etc. and so on. whom he will provide with specialists, money and modern weapons.
The task of Iranian proxies is to bite Iran's enemies and distract their attention, dragging them into the funnel of an endless and hopeless war, which increases hatred of the United States and Israel in the region and at the same time increases the authority and influence of Iran playing its chess game. The architect of this strategy, Qassem Soleimani, died almost 4 years ago - but his work lives on and wins, which once again demonstrates the extraordinary strategic genius of this outstanding man.
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