JAKARTA - Iranian security officials said the ongoing attacks by the United States (US) and Israel against the Islamic Republic have the potential to create a new conflict in the Middle East region.
"The regional war will soon enter a new phase," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Al Jazeera, said Thursday, March 12.
The US-Israeli war against Iran is known to have triggered a change in the target from military assets in the Middle East to civilian infrastructure such as hotels used by the military for shelter, the destruction of hospitals and public stadiums, to drinking water treatment facilities and oil refineries.
The impact of this conflict also caused the world oil price to skyrocket as tankers were stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, which is a fifth of the global oil supply now entering the war zone.
The source added that the US had carried out a strategy that had increased geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. He also predicted that other straits as important as the Strait of Hormuz would be affected.
"As we have said from the beginning, if the United States makes such a mistake, the situation will become much more complex. Soon, other important straits will face the same fate as the Strait of Hormuz," he continued.
However, the Iranian security source did not provide further details or mention which important straits might face a de facto blockade.
"Iran's security and defense plans are gradual and slow, and we still have many cards to play," the official said.
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