{
  "id": 2947911,
  "title": "'Not A Single Drop Of Oil': Iran Threatens To Halt All Persian Gulf Oil Exports, Warns US Economic War Could Trigger 'Act Of War'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/not-a-single-drop-of-oil-iran-threatens-to-halt-all-persian-gulf-oil",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T04:21:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/not-a-single-drop-of-oil-iran-threatens-to-halt-all-persian-gulf-oil-exports-warns-us-economic-war-could-trigger-act-of-war"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has threatened to cease all oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz and other parts of the Persian Gulf if the United States persists with its economic war against Iran. Rezaei stated that any country supporting or participating in the US economic campaign will be considered an act of war by Iran. This warning comes as tensions escalate between Tehran and Washington over US plans to impose further economic sanctions on Iran. Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, responded to Trump's threat of sanctions by mocking the US with a sarcastic take on the futility of using short-term state interventions to address deep financial strain. In a post on X, Ghalibaf shared a comic strip illustrating the Iran boomerang, mocking the perceived backfiring effects of US pressure sanctions. IRGC Spokesperson Sardar Mohebi suggested that Washington's heavy reliance on economic warfare is a confession of the US military defeat on the battlefield.",
  "summary": "Tehran: Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei on Monday warned that Tehran could halt all oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz and elsewhere in the Persian Gulf if the United States' \"economic war\" against Iran continues. Also Watch: Rezaei, in a post on X, also warned that Iran would consider any country supporting or participating in the US economic campaign…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "\"Entering Endgame\": US Warns Iran Of 'Economic D-Day', Tehran's 'Oil' Response",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/entering-endgame-us-warns-iran-of-economic-d-day-tehrans-oil-response",
        "published": "2026-08-24T05:02:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}