Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Iran would impose controls on shipping in the vital Gulf oil route if attacked and warned of reprisals against any attacker or its allies, an Iranian newspaper reported on Saturday.
Analysts say Iran, OPEC’s second largest crude producer, could seek to impede Gulf shipping if pushed. U.S. naval chiefs are concerned Iran could resort to mining the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf in a major conflict.
World powers handed Iran a package of incentives on Saturday to try and persuade it to suspend nuclear work the West fears is aimed at developing bombs, a charge Tehran denies.
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