Iran has dismissed U S. President Donald Trump’s threats of economic warfare as ’empty talk’.
Iran’s powerful security chief Mohsen Rezaei warned neighboring Middle Eastern nations that they will face severe retaliation if they assist or join a renewed American ‘economic war’ and upcoming crushing sanctions targeting Tehran.
‘If countries neighboring Iran cooperate with the Americans in the economic war, we will target their interests,’ Rezaei declared.
‘The world has realized that Trump’s bluster is nothing but empty talk,’ Rezaei said in an interview with Iranian state media on Saturday.
He then turned his fire on countries surrounding Iran, warning that Tehran could dramatically widen its economic confrontation if they side with Washington.
Iran does not want to expand the war across the Middle East, Rezaei insisted, but he delivered a threat to his neighbors.
‘If they start such an action, we will not allow a single drop of oil to pass through the Persian Gulf,’ Rezaei added.
The warning potentially puts major Gulf energy producers on notice as Trump prepares to ratchet up his campaign of economic pressure against Tehran.
