From the Khaleej Times, an Iranian radio broadcast reminds that falling oil prices must not be tolerated (lest the regime go completely broke and be faced with fending off popular internal revolt.)
Iran would easily be able to close the key oil shipping route of Strait of Hormuz if the country were attacked over its nuclear programme, the head of the Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Monday. Iran has 'the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz easily and on an unlimited basis,' state radio quoted Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari as telling a news conference.
'In view of the proximity of the Strait of Hormuz to our shores, this distance is within the range of an assortment of weapons and its closure for us is very feasible and we face no limitations from the point of view of time,' Jafari said.
Just in the event you had not been presented with the proper context of Iran's conventional weapons saber rattling. Their conventional weapons (both real and imagined) are primarily for prosecuting economic warfare. It's defensive deterrent weapons are its global terrorism capability and, soon, a nuclear deterrent. |