Iran warns of maritime exclusion zone, strikes on U.S. Gulf energy assets
Iran threatened to respond to U.S. “economic warfare” with a maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf, while Iranian-backed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalated tensions around regional energy supplies. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on X that Washington had received a “clear warning” from Iran’s new missiles and that ...
Iran has threatened to establish a maritime exclusion zone in the Persian Gulf as a response to U.S. "economic warfare". Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned that any such economic conflict would be met with the establishment of the zone, which would extend from the end of the U.S. blockade across the Gulf to its perimeter. Iran has recalibrated its operational posture towards U.S. warships and bases in the region.
Meanwhile, Iranian-backed Houthi militants have intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia, causing injuries to 73 people according to Saudi authorities. The attacks targeted several locations and raised concerns about the potential spread of conflict to Gulf states that host U.S. military forces.
Tensions escalated further as Iran warned against Washington's actions following U.S. strikes on three Iranian oil tankers earlier in the week. Iran claimed it had fired the Qassem Basir missile at several U.S. vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. military stated that its warships had evaded these missile attacks.
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