Iran Guards Say They Targeted US Fifth Fleet Facilities in Bahrain, Warn on Energy Routes
The Guard warned other oil and gas export routes serving the United States and allies could also be closed, citing maritime pressure.
- On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted U.S. Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain, including command-and-control and logistics centers, as Bahrain's Interior Ministry reported air raid sirens sounded.
- U.S. Central Command resumed a naval blockade of Iran's southern ports using 20 warships late on July 14, following revocation of a temporary sanctions waiver that had permitted Iranian oil exports.
- The Revolutionary Guard warned on July 15 that export routes "serving the United States and its allies" could face disruption, declaring regional energy exports would be "for everyone or for no one."
- Brent crude futures rose 1.2% to $85.72 a barrel on Wednesday, while West Texas Intermediate gained 0.8%, as markets reacted to disruptions threatening around 20% of global oil and LNG supplies.
- Editor Hossein Shariatmadari advocated for closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait to restrict the United States, citing past Houthi attacks in the Red Sea that reduced commercial traffic by 60%.
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‘Oil for everyone or no one,’ Iran warns
Tehran says it has struck major US Navy facilities in Bahrain in response to recent American actions in the region Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that regional oil and gas exports could be blocked completely in response to US attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement on Tuesday, the IRGC...
Iran warns of wider disruption to oil, gas export routes after US reinstates naval blockade
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on July 15 that oil and gas export routes “serving the United States and its allies” could face disruption after the American military reimposed its naval blockade against the country.
Regions oil and gas exports are either for everyone or for no one: IRGC warns after claiming strikes on US 5th fleet base in Bahrain - The Tribune
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday warned that the oil and gas export routes of the United States' allies could also be targeted after claiming strikes on the US Navy's Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain, saying, 'the region's oil and gas exports are either for everyone or for no one.'
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