JAKARTA - Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, confirmed that the Iranian Armed Forces would not stand idly by and allow the naval blockade against Iran to continue.
The US naval blockade was reimposed last month after the collapse of a ceasefire agreement reached as part of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.
The US Central Command (US Central Command) stated that during the blockade, it diverted the path of 44 commercial vessels, disabled two vessels, and boarded two other vessels.
In an interview on Iranian state television, Rezaei also stressed that Iran "under no circumstances will allow the opening of any line across the Strait of Hormuz other than the Iranian line."
"If the United States brings warships to the illegal line in the Strait of Hormuz, we will target those ships," he said, quoted by CNN, Tuesday, August 4.
Mohsen Rezaei accused Washington of violating the memorandum of understanding and launching an attack without first bringing the matter to the dispute settlement committee.
The US launched another attack on Iran in early July after Tehran attacked several ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz through a route not allowed by Iran.
Rezaei said the US must begin fulfilling the provisions agreed to in the memorandum of understanding signed in June.
"They have to start by returning our funds, declaring they are not at war with Iran, and stop creating insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz. Allow us to help global trade through our own arrangements, even in a better way than before," he continued.
"When the US starts fulfilling its obligations - which they have been doing for a few days as a first step - we will consider it a change of attitude," Rezaei said.
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