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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s SNSC Secretary, Mohsen Rezaee:

• Trump wants to start a new game called "economic warfare," and we will hold him accountable.

• If countries surrounding Iran join the US in an economic war against us, we will harm their interests. We’ll first warn them, and if they continue, we’ll target theit interests.

• If the economic siege continues, we will target American economic entities in the region.

• If they hold any meetings with anti-Iran groups in the region, we will strike there as well.

• Currently, we have only restricted the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormoz, but in the event of an economic war, we will not allow any oil to leave the Persian Gulf, even through other means.

• Iran reached an agreement with Oman regarding a route through the Strait of Hormoz, which is a middle ground, only on paper. Strait of Hormuz will only open when the Americans fulfill their commitments.

@FotrosResistancee

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🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s SNSC Secretary:

We have not attacked any of America's economic interests until now.

So far, we have only targeted military bases, but if they choose to escalate to an economic war, we are prepared to target all American oil and economic companies in the region.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s SNSC Secretary:

Our forces are ready for operations, but we are proceeding with a rational & logical approach. We hope that the Americans will stop their malicious actions, so we don’t have to escalate to the next stage.

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🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸| Iran’s SNSC Secretary:

The opening of the Strait of Hormoz has nothing to do with the Iran-Oman agreement regarding the central route of the strait of Hormoz.

When the strait is opened, we will manage it, and this management will involve charging fees.

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I'm not sure what he means when he says they haven't targeted US economic infrastructure. Iran very much did strike Data centers in the UAE, and admitted as such. Though, perhaps they are considering that to be military infrastructure under the basis that AI is being used in their drone targeting systems, therefore it was analogous to striking the radios, as it made attacking year more difficult after being destroyed. Otherwise I'm not sure why he's left it out.

[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

Iran very much did strike Data centers

They considered those as military targets as they were being used (by the AI and such used) against Iran.